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Tim Robinson: 106*, 139 and Current Career Stats

Tim Robinson is a New Zealand top-order batter who plays domestic cricket for Wellington and has represented the BLACKCAPS in ODI and T20I cricket. Born on 28 April 2002, he was 24 on 22 August 2026. New Zealand Cricket lists 665 runs from 31 T20Is, headed by an unbeaten 106 against Australia. Its archive currently stops at 1,654 runs from 74 recognised T20 matches; adding his separately confirmed 2026 Global Super League and CPL records produces a reviewed total of 1,921 runs from 83 matches without double-counting those competitions.

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Right-handedRight-arm medium pace bowlerBorn 28 April 2002

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Full nameTimothy Blake Robinson

Age24As of 22 August 2026

Date of birth28 April 2002Wellington, New Zealand

Batting styleRight-handed

Bowling styleRight-arm medium pace

Career overview

Tim Robinson cricket career

Born 28 April 2002 in Wellington; age 24 on 22 August 2026.

Right-handed top-order batter who can bowl right-arm medium pace.

31 T20Is, 665 runs and a highest score of 106 not out at the current NZC cutoff.

Reviewed overall T20 record of 1,921 runs from 83 matches after separately adding completed 2026 GSL and CPL scorecards to the NZC archive cutoff.

Wellington player on the association's first-round 2026/27 domestic contract list.

Career story

Tim Robinson career and playing journey

Who is Tim Robinson?

Timothy Blake Robinson is a New Zealand batter born in Wellington on 28 April 2002. New Zealand Cricket lists him as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium-pace bowler, although batting is clearly his primary role. He developed through Wellington cricket, made his senior domestic debuts for the Firebirds, and reached the BLACKCAPS T20I side in 2024. The same official record shows ODI cricket for New Zealand from the 2024/25 season and T20I cricket through 2026.

The full name matters because another Tim Robinson played for England and later became an international umpire. Every statistic and match here belongs to Timothy Blake Robinson, the New Zealand player born in 2002. His current domestic base is Wellington, while short franchise assignments are recorded separately. That distinction prevents a one-season signing from replacing the longer and still-current Wellington relationship.

How old is Tim Robinson and where was he born?

Tim Robinson was 24 years old on 22 August 2026. His official NZC archive record gives 28 April 2002 as his date of birth and Wellington, New Zealand, as his birthplace. Age is shown with a review date because it changes each year; the birth date remains the stable identity fact.

Robinson's route into senior cricket was local rather than a late overseas transfer. The NZC 2020/21 annual report records him as the leading run-scorer at the national men's under-19 tournament with 325 runs and five consecutive half-centuries. That youth result does not predict an international career by itself, but it gives a useful starting point for understanding why Wellington continued moving him through its pathway.

What kind of batter is Tim Robinson?

Robinson is most useful as an attacking top-order batter. His 139 for Wellington and 106 not out for New Zealand show his ability to sustain a T20 innings rather than contribute only a short burst. The reviewed record is 1,921 runs from 83 T20 matches at a strike rate of 139.10, with two centuries and ten fifties. That total combines the current NZC archive with separately confirmed 2026 GSL and CPL scorecards; the 665 T20I runs are already included and must not be added again.

His first-class strike rate of 63.02 and 130 for New Zealand A also show a different tempo when the format requires it. NZC lists right-arm medium pace, but only three first-class wickets and one List A wicket appear in the current record. It is therefore more accurate to call him a batter who can bowl, not an established all-rounder. His 33 catches in recognised T20 cricket also underline the fielding value that NZC selectors mentioned when he first entered the national squad.

Wellington first-class debut and maiden century

Robinson made his first-class debut for Wellington against Otago in March 2022. Batting at number five, he scored 54 and shared a 144-run stand with Troy Johnson. That innings gave an early indication that his game was not limited to powerplay hitting: he handled a longer innings, reached fifty on debut and helped Wellington recover after a cluster of wickets.

His maiden first-class hundred arrived in only his second match, against Auckland later that month. Wellington followed on after being dismissed for 195, and Robinson made 103 not out, more than half the team total. NZC's match report records that he reached the century from 112 balls with a straight six and finished with 14 fours and three sixes. The match was lost by ten wickets, so the innings should be remembered as a resistance effort rather than presented as a match-winning century.

The 139 that changed his Super Smash season

On 21 December 2023, Robinson made 139 from 64 balls for Wellington against Otago at the Basin Reserve. He batted through almost the entire innings and struck four consecutive sixes in the final over before being dismissed from the last ball. NZC described it as the second-highest score in Super Smash history at that point, two runs short of Michael Bracewell's Wellington and competition mark of 141 not out.

The scale of the jump is important. Before that match Robinson had 181 T20 runs from 14 games; one innings added 139. He later finished second on the men's Super Smash run list despite appearing in only six of Wellington's eleven matches because of injury. His current Super Smash line is 844 runs from 33 matches at 144.52, with one hundred and seven fifties. The 139 remains his overall T20 high score.

Maiden BLACKCAPS call-up and first international season

New Zealand selected Robinson for the April 2024 T20I tour of Pakistan, his first BLACKCAPS squad. The call-up followed the six-match Super Smash campaign in which his 139 supplied the clearest evidence of international-level power. Selector Sam Wells also highlighted his fielding, an important part of the case because a modern top-order place is not judged on runs alone.

Robinson later returned for New Zealand's limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka in November 2024, when Mitchell Santner captained a squad containing several less-experienced players. His official career record now covers three ODIs and 31 T20Is. The ODI sample remains small: 48 runs from three innings, a highest score of 35 and a strike rate of 102.12. It is too narrow to support a firm judgment about his long-term one-day role.

Why Tim Robinson's 106 not out mattered

Robinson's first international century came against Australia in the opening T20I at Bay Oval on 1 October 2025. New Zealand fell to 6 for 3 inside ten balls, but Robinson made 106 not out from 66 deliveries with six fours and five sixes. He carried the innings to 181 for 6. Australia chased the target in 16.3 overs, so it was a major individual rescue in a defeat rather than a winning hundred.

The context separates this innings from his domestic 139. The Australia hundred came in his 13th T20I against a frontline international attack and was New Zealand's only score above 20. It lifted him sharply in the ICC batting rankings and remains his T20I high score. His current international T20 line is 665 runs from 31 matches at 26.60 and 136.83, with one century, two fifties and 18 catches.

How his T20I record developed after the century

The 106 did not stand alone as his only useful international period. Robinson gained further ground in the ICC rankings during New Zealand's later 2025 white-ball matches and remained in the group selected for India and the 2026 T20 World Cup cycle. Current totals show 28 innings from 31 T20Is, with three not-outs. That produces the 26.60 average; the 136.83 strike rate describes scoring speed, not consistency.

New Zealand also selected him for the five-match home T20I series against South Africa in March 2026. He made 6 in the first match and 1 in the second, while later innings contributed to a series aggregate of 81 runs reported by the ICC. These smaller returns belong beside the century because they show the normal variation of a developing international batter. One career-best innings should not be used to imply that every series has followed the same level.

First-class and List A progress in 2025/26

Robinson returned to Wellington and added important longer-format milestones in the 2025/26 season. In November 2025 he scored his maiden List A hundred, 113 from 118 balls with 14 fours and three sixes, as Wellington chased 234 against Northern Districts. NZC's report says the innings set up a three-wicket win. The result and target matter because the score was made in a completed chase, not a detached personal landmark.

In December he made 106 against Auckland for his third first-class century. By the current NZC cutoff, his first-class record had reached 1,478 runs from 27 matches, including four hundreds and eight fifties. His List A record stood at 940 runs from 37 matches, with two hundreds and five fifties. The later total of four first-class hundreds includes the New Zealand A innings in Sri Lanka, so the individual centuries should not be added to the aggregate again.

New Zealand A century in Sri Lanka

NZC selected Robinson for New Zealand A's 2026 tour of Sri Lanka in both the 50-over and four-day groups. In the first four-day match at Hambantota, he scored 130 from 229 balls with 13 fours. He and Curtis Heaphy added 218 for the second wicket as New Zealand A reached 479 in reply to Sri Lanka A's 381. The match was drawn after Sri Lanka A finished 168 for 4 in its second innings.

The 130 was Robinson's highest first-class score at the review date and passed his previous best of 108. It also showed a patient side to his batting: the hundred required 169 balls, markedly different from the tempo of his 64-ball Super Smash 139. He left the A tour after that first red-ball match to join the BLACKCAPS T20I squad in Bangladesh, exactly as NZC had stated in the original tour announcement.

What are Tim Robinson's current career stats?

New Zealand Cricket's player archive is the primary statistical reference for this update. It records 31 T20Is and three ODIs for New Zealand, plus 27 first-class matches, 37 List A matches and 74 recognised T20 matches. The archive's overall T20 row currently contains 1,654 runs. Because that row has not yet added Robinson's six-match 2026 Global Super League record or his first three CPL 2026 appearances, those completed competition records are reconciled separately rather than attributed to NZC.

The GSL record adds 197 runs from six matches and the first three official CPL scorecards add 70 runs from three matches. Together with the NZC archive, that produces the reviewed 83-match, 1,921-run T20 line shown below. International matches remain inside the broader T20 category, so the 665 T20I runs are not added again. The same NZC cutoff records 1,478 first-class runs and 940 List A runs.

CPL, Northamptonshire and MLC experience

Robinson played four CPL matches for Guyana Amazon Warriors in 2024, scoring 86 runs with a highest score of 34. In CPL 2026 he made 40 against Jamaica Kingsmen and 30 against Saint Lucia Kings before a duck in the teams' second meeting, giving him 70 runs from three Antigua & Barbuda Falcons appearances. He was not in the playing eleven against St Kitts & Nevis Patriots on 20 August, so the confirmed CPL record remained seven career matches and 156 runs at this cutoff.

He joined Northamptonshire in 2025 and appeared across first-class, List A and T20 cricket. His five T20 Blast innings produced 49 runs, a reminder that a short overseas spell can be useful experience without being a statistical success. Seattle Orcas then signed him for MLC 2026. NZC records one MLC appearance, in which he made 10. The exact Seattle portrait shown here comes from the club's named player feed; it does not imply Seattle is his current domestic team.

San Francisco Global Super League role

Robinson also played for San Francisco Unicorns on their separate 2026 Global Super League tour. Across six innings he scored 197 runs at an average of 39.40 and a strike rate of 136.81, finishing as the team's leading run-scorer. This GSL assignment is separate from the Unicorns' Major League Cricket roster and should not be used to claim that he played their MLC season.

The distinction matters because the same franchise brand can field different groups in different competitions. Robinson's GSL runs therefore do not belong inside his one-match Seattle MLC line, and neither total replaces his Wellington domestic identity. Treating competition, season and team as separate fields produces a more accurate career map than a flat list of logos.

Why Wellington remains his current team

Wellington remains Robinson's primary current team because NZC's first round of 2026/27 domestic contracts includes him in the Firebirds group. That is later evidence than his earlier Wellington seasons and supplies a clear current domestic relationship. It does not guarantee selection in every match, but it is stronger evidence of ongoing status than an old squad directory.

The franchise entries describe defined tournaments: Guyana in the 2024 CPL, Northamptonshire in 2025, Seattle in 2026 MLC, San Francisco in the 2026 GSL and Antigua in the 2026 CPL. Those associations can coexist with a Wellington contract because their seasons and jurisdictions differ. Future changes should update the current-team label only when an official contract, squad release or transfer provides newer evidence.

How to read Robinson's record fairly

Robinson's strongest evidence is his range of high scores: 139 in domestic T20 cricket, 106 not out in a T20I, 130 in first-class cricket and 113 in List A cricket. Each came in a different setting and answers a different question. The 139 shows peak scoring speed, the 106 shows recovery under international pressure, the 130 shows longer-form concentration, and the 113 shows control of a one-day chase.

There are also clear limitations. Three ODIs are not enough to define his international one-day ceiling. Five Blast innings and one MLC appearance are too small to judge his overseas adaptability. His T20I average and strike rate are useful career measures, but opponents, venues and batting positions vary. The responsible conclusion is that Robinson has demonstrated multi-format scoring range while still building the consistency and sample size needed for a settled international role.

What should be watched next?

The next useful evidence will come from confirmed New Zealand selections, Wellington's 2026/27 scorecards and any officially recorded franchise appearances. For international cricket, the key question is whether Robinson can turn a growing T20I sample into repeatable top-order output across different attacks and conditions. For Wellington, his role can be assessed across all three domestic formats rather than through the Super Smash alone.

Updates should follow completed scorecards, not squad assumptions or social-media rumours. A new contract proves membership at a date; a scorecard proves an appearance and performance; a rankings table records a dated comparison. Keeping those claims separate preserves useful context when his totals move beyond the current 31 T20Is, 27 first-class matches and reviewed 83 recognised T20s.

Tim Robinson records

Tim Robinson career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

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