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Alexander Hales

Right-handed batter, age 37

0.0

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 19 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 155th of 1,072 rated batters, top 15%.

A big hitter and goes up a gear once he is in. Adds most in the powerplay.

89% range
−0.8 to +1.0
Likely rank
86th to 371st
Per 24 balls
0.0
Next season
−1.1
Next season, in the IPL
−1.3
Whole career
+0.6
Ageing since his record, per 24
−0.65
Run-outs, per match
+0.05
Balls
8,742
Last played
2026
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.

HalesIPL average
Strike rate158153
Balls per dismissal1719
Boundary balls23%22%
Dot balls29%29%
Strike rate, powerplay165155
Strike rate, middle147145
Strike rate, death172167

+13 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 19 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+1.9
Middle−0.7
Death+0.4

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 12%
Gets out lesstop 44%
Scores faster once intop 12%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace16215717 balls
Left-arm pace16315418 balls
Off-spin15314720 balls
Left-arm spin14514219 balls
Wrist-spin14614617 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.

-140+14 2011: −13.3 per 24 over 78 balls 112012: +6.0 per 24 over 300 balls 2013: +1.8 per 24 over 405 balls 132014: −2.0 per 24 over 393 balls 2015: −4.7 per 24 over 347 balls 152016: −6.3 per 24 over 34 balls 2017: +7.6 per 24 over 442 balls 172018: −3.1 per 24 over 613 balls 2019: +3.6 per 24 over 1,114 balls 192020: +5.4 per 24 over 570 balls 2021: +6.6 per 24 over 769 balls 212022: +3.1 per 24 over 1,052 balls 2023: +0.6 per 24 over 933 balls 232024: +1.7 per 24 over 797 balls 2025: −1.5 per 24 over 630 balls 252026: +4.5 per 24 over 108 balls
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. 22(26)v Guyana Amazon Warriors, CPL, 2026-09-11 · replay−11.8
  2. 2(4)v Barbados Tridents, CPL, 2026-09-05 · replay−5.7
  3. 8(9)v Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, CPL, 2026-09-02 · replay−6.9
  4. 55(24)v Guyana Amazon Warriors, CPL, 2026-08-31 · scorecard+60.3
  5. 5(9)v Jamaica Kingsmen, CPL, 2026-08-29 · scorecard−8.9
  6. 2(4)v Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, CPL, 2026-08-22 · replay−7.6
  7. 29(21)v Jamaica Kingsmen, CPL, 2026-08-15 · replay+5.6
  8. 9(11)v St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, CPL, 2026-08-08 · scorecard−4.1
  9. 29(36)v MI Emirates, ILT20, 2026-01-02 · replay−8.4
  10. 2(5)v Dubai Capitals, ILT20, 2026-01-01 · replay−5.9

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. 97*(55)v Paarl Rocks, MSL, 2019-12-04+80.6
  2. 91(33)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2022-06-03+70.0
  3. 55(24)v Guyana Amazon Warriors, CPL, 2026-08-31 · scorecard+60.3
  4. 95(30)v Durham, Blast, 2017-08-05+59.0
  5. 116*(64)v Sri Lanka, T20Is, 2014-03-27+58.8