At a glance

INTERNATIONALS

❚ First 50 games: 54.00% Bat first: 23 (13W, 10L) = 56.52% win rate Field first: 27 (17W, 10L) = 62.96%

❚ Last 50 games: 68.00% Bat first: 16 (8W, 8L) = 50.00% Field first: 34 (16W, 17L, 1N/R) = 47.06%

BBL

❚ 2011-12 (first season): 9.68% Bat first: 28 (19W, 9L) = 67.86% Field first: 3 (1W, 2L) = 33.33%

❚ 2012-13: 45.71% Bat first: 19 (7W, 12L) = 36.84% Field first: 16 (10W, 6L) = 62.50%

❚ 2016-17: 80.00% Bat first: 7 (0W, 7L) = 0.00% Field first: 28 (16W, 12L) = 57.14%

❚ 2017-18: 69.77% Bat first: 13 (10W, 3L) = 76.92% Field first: 30 (19W, 11L) = 63.33%

IPL

❚ 2008 (first season): 55.17% Bat first: 26 (8W, 18L) = 30.77% Field first: 32 (16W, 16L) = 50.00%

❚ 2009: 38.60% Bat first: 35 (19W, 16L) = 54.29% Field first: 22 (14W, 8L) = 63.64%

❚ 2016: 81.67% Bat first: 11 (2W, 9L) = 18.18% Field first: 49 (32W, 17L) = 65.31%

❚ 2017: 81.36% Bat first: 11 (6W, 5L) = 54.55% Field first: 48 (28W, 20L) = 58.33%

SUPER SMASH

❚ 2005-06 (first season): 71.43% Bat first: 2 (0W, 2L) = 0.00% Field first: 5 (5W, 0L) = 100.00%

❚ 2006-07: 50.00% Bat first: 8 (5W, 2L, 1N/R) = 62.50% Field first: 8 (4W, 4L) = 50.00%

❚ 2016-17: 31.25% Bat first: 22 (10W, 11L, 1N/R) = 45.45% Field first: 10 (1W, 9L) = 10.00%

❚ 2017-18: 41.38% Bat first: 17 (9W, 8L) = 52.94% Field first: 12 (6W, 5L) = 50.00%

Coach Mike Hesson, right, and the Black Caps have some thinking to do to reverse their recent T20 slide.

Gareth Hopkins coached the Knights to T20 glory in his first stint in charge.