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Cricbuzz API: Get cricketer profile

Finds a cricketer on Cricbuzz by name, optionally narrowed by country. Returns the profile, current ICC rankings and career statistics.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

Player, requiredplayer

Player name, for example Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli

Country optionalcountry

Country to distinguish players with the same name, for example Indonesia.

(default)

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "role": "batter",  "teams": [    "India",    "Delhi",    "India Red"  ],  "country": "India",  "full_name": "Virat Kohli",  "career_stats": {    "ipl": {      "runs": 9336,      "economy": 8.8,      "fifties": 68,      "innings": 275,      "matches": 283,      "wickets": 4,      "hundreds": 9,      "strike_rate": 134.8,      "best_bowling": "2/25",      "highest_score": "113",      "batting_average": 40.42,      "bowling_average": 92    },    "odi": {      "runs": 15109,      "economy": 6.16,      "fifties": 79,      "innings": 305,      "matches": 317,      "wickets": 5,      "hundreds": 55,      "strike_rate": 94.37,      "best_bowling": "1/13",      "highest_score": "183",      "batting_average": 58.79,      "bowling_average": 136    },    "t20i": {      "runs": 4188,      "economy": 8.05,      "fifties": 38,      "innings": 117,      "matches": 125,      "wickets": 4,      "hundreds": 1,      "strike_rate": 137.05,      "best_bowling": "1/13",      "highest_score": "122",      "batting_average": 48.7,      "bowling_average": 51    },    "test": {      "runs": 9230,      "economy": 2.88,      "fifties": 31,      "innings": 210,      "matches": 123,      "wickets": 0,      "hundreds": 30,      "strike_rate": 55.58,      "best_bowling": null,      "highest_score": "254",      "batting_average": 46.85,      "bowling_average": null    }  },  "icc_rankings": {    "odi": {      "batting": 3,      "bowling": null,      "all_rounder": null    },    "t20i": {      "batting": null,      "bowling": null,      "all_rounder": null    },    "test": {      "batting": null,      "bowling": null,      "all_rounder": null    }  },  "batting_style": "Right Handed Bat",  "bowling_style": "Right-arm medium",  "cricbuzz_link": "https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/1413/virat-kohli",  "date_of_birth": "1988-11-05",  "photo_image_link": "https://static.cricbuzz.com/a/img/v1/i1/c616517/virat-kohli.jpg?d=low&p=gthumb"}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
cricbuzz.com/get_player
Returns
full name, country, role, styles, date of birth, photo, link, teams, ICC rankings, career stats (Test/ODI/T20I/IPL)

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method cricbuzz.com/get_player with the inputs above.

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