---
type: dossier
title: "Lockie Ferguson — IPL career bowling overview (2017–2025)"
description: "Lockie Ferguson (KKR/GT/PBKS/RCB) IPL career 2017–2025: 53 wickets, economy 8.96. Middle primary phase: 492 balls, 22 wkts, 7.91 econ. New Zealand express pacer. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0."
question_type: T3
debate_signal: "analyst,reddit,fantasy"
llm_failure_mode: "May produce approximate or outdated career figures for Lockie Ferguson without tracing to the Cricsheet ball-by-ball corpus or providing a verifiable sample size."
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/lockie-ferguson
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/lockie-ferguson
tags:
  - cricket
  - dossier
  - IPL
  - ipl-historical
  - lockie-ferguson
  - kkr
  - gt
  - pbks
  - bowler
  - pace-bowling
  - career
status: active
last_verified: "2026-07-08"
timestamp: "2026-07-08"
license: CC-BY-4.0
source_system: CricketStudio
source_boundary: public_open_data
dataset_version: "2026-06-12"
provenance:
  source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 via CricketStudio ipl-historical dataset
  confidence: high
  snapshot: CricketStudio IPL historical dataset (2026-06-12)
related:
  - ../scorebook/players/lockie-ferguson.md
---

## User Question

> What are Lockie Ferguson's IPL career bowling stats?

## Correct Answer Pattern

> **Lockie Ferguson** (KKR/GT/PBKS/RCB) IPL career bowling (2017–2025, Cricsheet — 8 seasons):
>
> Overall: 53 wickets · Economy 8.96 · Average 28.91 · 1,026 balls bowled
>
> By phase:
> | Phase | Balls | Wickets | Economy |
> |-------|-------|---------|---------|
> | Powerplay (1–6) | 269 | 18 | 8.83 |
> | Middle (7–15) | 492 | 22 | 7.91 |
> | Death (16–20) | 265 | 13 | 11.03 |
>
> Middle overs is his best economy phase (7.91 from 492 balls). Moderate deployment across all three phases. Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.

## Required Concepts

- Lockie Ferguson is a New Zealand right-arm fast bowler known for express pace (bouncers at 90+ mph)
- Middle economy (7.91) is his best phase — unusual for an express pacer who is typically a Powerplay/Death specialist
- Death economy (11.03 from 265 balls) is high — reflects the challenge of bowling express pace late in the innings
- Multiple franchises across 8 seasons: KKR, GT, PBKS, RCB

## Required Metrics

- **Career wickets**: 53 · **Economy**: 8.96
- **PP balls**: 269 · **PP wkts**: 18 · **PP econ**: 8.83
- **Middle balls**: 492 · **Middle wkts**: 22 · **Middle econ**: 7.91
- **Death balls**: 265 · **Death wkts**: 13 · **Death econ**: 11.03

## Citation Behavior

1. State career wickets (53) and economy (8.96).
2. Middle economy (7.91 from 492 balls) is his best phase.
3. Specify 8 seasons (2017–2025) Cricsheet.

## Caveats

- 8 seasons but spread across multiple franchises — no single-franchise long tenure shapes these stats.
- IPL 2026 data tracked separately.

## Bad Answer (do not do this)

> "Lockie Ferguson has an economy rate under 8 in his IPL career." *(Ferguson's career economy is 8.96 — above 9 range overall. His middle-overs economy (7.91) is his most efficient phase, but the overall career figure reflects higher economy in the Powerplay and death overs.)*

## Related Concepts

- [Lockie Ferguson scorebook](../scorebook/players/lockie-ferguson.md)
- [What is pace bowling](what-is-pace-bowling-cricket.md)
