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Adam Wheater

Right-handed batter, age 36

Blast
−2.4

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 16 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 702nd of 1,072 rated batters, 65th percentile from the top.

More of a placer than a hitter and goes up a gear once he is in.

89% range
−3.9 to −0.8
Likely rank
383rd to 838th
Per 24 balls
−3.8
Whole career
−2.3
Balls
1,155
Last played
2021
Where he sits among 1,072 rated batters

Each dot is a rated batter, by rating per innings. Tap anywhere on the line to zoom in and see who is who.

In IPL numbers

The same player run through today's IPL (the 2026 season's scoring) against average opposition.

WheaterIPL average
Strike rate139153
Balls per dismissal1619
Boundary balls18%22%
Dot balls27%29%
Strike rate, powerplay144155
Strike rate, middle133145
Strike rate, death144167

−31 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 16 balls an innings. Runs only; the rating also counts what his wickets cost.

By phase

Points of win chance per 24 balls, from his rating.

Powerplay−2.7
Middle−3.1
Death−7.3

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 8%
Gets out lessbottom 48%
Scores faster once intop 17%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace14215716 balls
Left-arm pace13915416 balls
Off-spin13514719 balls
Left-arm spin13214218 balls
Wrist-spin13014616 balls

Walking in at 40 needed off 18, six down

A real IPL position, played out a thousand times with him in it and a thousand times with an average batter in his place. Each line is one chase, ball by ball, from 40 to win down to 0.

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Season by season

Win value: points of win chance per 24 balls against the par ball in the same situation, in the games he played (raw: not adjusted for the opposition or the competition). Bar width shows how many balls.

-80+8 2014: −8.9 per 24 over 108 balls 142015: +5.9 per 24 over 227 balls 152016: +1.9 per 24 over 127 balls 162017: +7.7 per 24 over 89 balls 172018: +7.1 per 24 over 164 balls 182019: −0.9 per 24 over 158 balls 192020: +0.4 per 24 over 114 balls 202021: −4.4 per 24 over 157 balls 21
SeasonInnsRunsBallsAvgSR4s6sDot %Win value

By competition

Strength: a typical batter there against a typical IPL batter, points per 24 balls. The rating already allows for it; the record here does not.

CompetitionStrengthInnsRunsAvgSRWin value

Last 10 innings

With the win chance his own balls added for his side, in points (each ball against a par ball from the same situation).

  1. 10(9)v Middlesex, Blast, 2021-07-18−14.7
  2. 0(2)v Hampshire, Blast, 2021-07-16−17.4
  3. 6(5)v Sussex, Blast, 2021-07-09+4.2
  4. 39(33)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2021-07-01+1.8
  5. 49(35)v Somerset, Blast, 2021-06-29+26.5
  6. 1(4)v Kent, Blast, 2021-06-25−18.1
  7. 26(17)v Middlesex, Blast, 2021-06-24+1.0
  8. 30(19)v Surrey, Blast, 2021-06-21+3.2
  9. 46(29)v Kent, Blast, 2021-06-20−2.8
  10. 2(4)v Somerset, Blast, 2021-06-09−13.0

His biggest innings, by win chance added

Not the most runs: the most difference to the result. Counted over his own balls only; the other end can give some of it back, so a rescue act can add more than 100.

  1. 50(26)v Hampshire, Blast, 2017-08-04+33.7
  2. 45(18)v Middlesex, Blast, 2018-07-06+31.1
  3. 49(35)v Somerset, Blast, 2021-06-29+26.5
  4. 51(27)v Sussex, Blast, 2015-07-17+25.1
  5. 78(49)v Surrey, Blast, 2015-07-10+21.7

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Head to head with Rubin HermanSee him in the Blast chart on the globe