Joao Hou
Joao Hou — career overview
Joao Hou is a cricketer who represents Mozambique in international cricket as a bowling allrounder (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm medium bowler). In international cricket Joao Hou has appeared in 31 T20Is (393 runs at 17.86). With the ball, Joao Hou has taken 88 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Joao Hou with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where Mozambique rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20I | 31 | 30 | 8 | 393 | 34 | 17.86 | 394 | 99.75 | - | - | 41 | 8 |
| T20 (dom.) | 36 | 34 | 9 | 569 | 107 | 22.76 | 502 | 113.35 | 1 | - | 57 | 16 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20I | 31 | 29 | 511 | 523 | 42 | 4/11 | 5/40 | 12.45 | 6.14 | 12.2 | - | - |
| T20 (dom.) | 36 | 33 | 603 | 688 | 46 | 4/11 | 5/40 | 14.96 | 6.85 | 13.1 | - | - |
Joao Hou — Career Overview
Joao Hou is a bowling allrounder from Mozambique. Joao bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm medium. Genuine all-rounders are the most valued cricketers in the white-ball era — players who can shift the balance with both bat and ball and free their captain to pick an extra specialist. Workload management and form across both disciplines decide how often they make the eleven. Mozambique is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 31 T20Is: 393 runs at an average of 17.86, strike rate 99.75. International bowling — 42 wickets in T20I at 12.45, economy 6.14. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Joao Hou's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Joao Hou's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.