T20 ratings Blast

Alexander Blake

Left-handed batter, age 37

−0.7

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 13 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 297th of 1,072 rated batters, top 30%.

A big hitter, gets out more than most and goes up a gear once he is in.

89% range
−1.8 to +0.3
Likely rank
140th to 545th
Per 24 balls
−1.3
Whole career
−0.6
Run-outs, per match
+0.06
Balls
1,409
Last played
2023
Where he sits among 1,072 rated batters

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In IPL numbers

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

BlakeIPL average
Strike rate155153
Balls per dismissal1619
Boundary balls22%22%
Dot balls30%29%
Strike rate, powerplay158155
Strike rate, middle146145
Strike rate, death168167

+3 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 13 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−1.3
Middle−1.4
Death−0.9

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 20%
Gets out lessbottom 23%
Scores faster once intop 14%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace15815715 balls
Left-arm pace15615415 balls
Off-spin14314718 balls
Left-arm spin14714217 balls
Wrist-spin14914616 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.

-360+36 2014: −3.6 per 24 over 221 balls 142015: +32.8 per 24 over 182 balls 152016: −4.2 per 24 over 172 balls 162017: −11.6 per 24 over 104 balls 172018: +15.8 per 24 over 100 balls 182019: +24.2 per 24 over 137 balls 192020: −1.5 per 24 over 127 balls 202021: −8.0 per 24 over 64 balls 212022: −0.2 per 24 over 234 balls 222023: +15.3 per 24 over 23 balls 23
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. 24(10)v Somerset, Blast, 2023-07-02+9.8
  2. 30(13)v Sussex, Blast, 2023-06-30+6.8
  3. 13(13)v Chattogram Challengers, BPL, 2023-02-07+5.0
  4. 18(11)v Rangpur Riders, BPL, 2023-02-03+4.4
  5. 15(12)v Fortune Barishal, BPL, 2023-01-310.0
  6. 4(8)v Rangpur Riders, BPL, 2023-01-30−6.4
  7. 3(17)v Khulna Tigers, BPL, 2023-01-24−5.3
  8. 32(25)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2022-07-03+27.5
  9. 50*(25)v Surrey, Blast, 2022-07-01+13.8
  10. 6(6)v Sussex, Blast, 2022-06-24+5.0

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. 59*(24)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2015-07-12+148.4
  2. 71*(30)v Hampshire, Blast, 2015-05-22+100.9
  3. 57*(38)v Hampshire, Blast, 2019-07-21+97.5
  4. 57(27)v Middlesex, Blast, 2018-08-12+82.5
  5. 19(8)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2019-08-29+53.5