Jamal Todd

Jamal Tana Todd (born 27 March 2004) is a New Zealand cricketer who has played for Otago since the 2023–24 season.^[1]

Jamal Todd

Personal information
Full name	Jamal Tana Todd
Born	(2004-03-27) 27 March 2004 (age 21) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
Role	Batter
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2023/24–	Otago (squad no. 73)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 10 5 12 Runs scored 413 135 183 Batting average 21.73 27.00 22.87 100s/50s 0/2 0/1 0/2 Top score 64 56 75 Balls bowled 48 – – Wickets 1 – – Bowling average 28.00 – – 5 wickets in innings 0 – – 10 wickets in match 0 – – Best bowling 1/25 – – Catches/stumpings 6/– 3/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 April 2025

Born in Auckland on 27 March 2004, Todd was educated at Auckland Grammar School.^[1][2] He moved to Dunedin in 2022 to study sports management and Māori studies at the University of Otago.^[3] In his second first-class match, in the 2023–24 Plunket Shield, he scored 30 and 64 (the top score of the innings) for Otago against Canterbury.^[4]

In the provincial A T20 tournament in Taupō in November 2024, Todd scored two centuries for Otago A in two matches on the same day: 117 off 53 balls against Canterbury A, then 108 from 42 balls against Auckland A.^[3] He won the player of the match award when he scored 51 not out off 28 balls to take Otago to victory by eight wickets over Central Districts in the 2024–25 Super Smash.^[5]

Of Māori descent, Todd affiliates to Ngāti Whātua.^[2] In 2021, he was named in the Māori Secondary Schoolboys cricket team.^[2]

Todd's younger sister Anika plays for Auckland.^[6]