Henry Nicholls gets past 9,000 First-Class runs: Key stats 
27 Jun 2026

Veteran New Zealand cricket team batter Henry Nicholls has gone past 9,000 runs in First-Class cricket.

The southpaw reached the milestone with his 2nd run on Day 3 of the third Test against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.

Nicholls had earlier smashed 36 runs in the first innings in his side's score of 438/10.

New Zealand took an 84-run lead over England (354/10) thereafter.

23 tons in the format 
Stats 

As per ESPNcricinfo, Nicholls took 141 games and 232 innings to attain the 9,000-run mark in FC cricket.

These runs have come at an average of 42-plus. He clocked his 23 hundreds, including one in the preceding Test at The Oval.

The 34-year-old batter's best score is a fine 226. Nicholls also owns 45 fifties in this format.

Here are his Test numbers 
Test cricket 

Coming to his numbers in Test cricket, Nicholls now owns over 3,340 runs at an average of around 40 from 60 matches (94 innings), as per ESPNcricinfo.

The tally includes 23 scores of 50 or more (100s: 11). He also owns a solitary double-hundred (200*).

Among active Kiwi batters, only Tom Latham (16) owns more Test centuries than Nicholls.