The average score in the T20 format in the past five years reads: 281.81 (2021), 280.54 (2022), 288.00 (2023), 285.40 (2024) and 295.37 (2025). The year the first T20I was played (2005), the average was 275.19. Former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop argues that despite the batters grabbing headlines, bowlers’ versatility cannot be discounted.‘Bowlers are an adaptable species’: Ian Bishop on imbalance between bat and ball in T20s
The average score in the T20 format in the past five years reads: 281.81 (2021), 280.54 (2022), 288.00 (2023), 285.40 (2024) and 295.37 (2025). The year the first T20I was played (2005), the average was 275.19. Former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop argues that despite the batters grabbing headlines, bowlers’ versatility cannot be discounted.