Top 10 New Zealand No.3 batsmen of all-time

#6. Geoff Howarth

Howarth scored most of his Test centuries while batting at No.3

The only Kiwi skipper who has a positive win-loss record in Tests and ODIs, Geoff Howarth has scored nearly half his runs in international cricket while batting at No.3. In Tests, Howarth scored 1148 runs (more than 45% of his Test runs) from 33 innings at an average of 35.87. This is the 5th highest for any No.3 batsman from New Zealand.

He scored four of his 6 Test hundreds while batting at No.3.Howarth’s highest Test score at No.3 is 123 against England at Lord’s in 1978.

In ODIs, Howarth has scored 786 of his 1384 runs (nearly 57%) from 30 innings at an average of 62.77. He has scored 5 of his 6 ODI fifties including his highest ODI score of 76 against Sri Lanka in Bristol at the 1983 World Cup.