T20 ratings Full v associate

Andrew Balbirnie

Right-handed batter, age 35

−2.4

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 19 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 698th of 1,072 rated batters, 65th percentile from the top.

Close to average in all three ways.

89% range
−4.4 to −1.4
Likely rank
362nd to 851st
Per 24 balls
−3.1
Whole career
−2.7
Run-outs, per match
+0.01
Balls
2,008
Last played
2024
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.

BalbirnieIPL average
Strike rate143153
Balls per dismissal1619
Boundary balls20%22%
Dot balls31%29%
Strike rate, powerplay143155
Strike rate, middle138145
Strike rate, death156167

−26 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−3.8
Middle−2.8
Death−4.1

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 48%
Gets out lessbottom 47%
Scores faster once intop 36%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace14615716 balls
Left-arm pace14515416 balls
Off-spin14014719 balls
Left-arm spin13714218 balls
Wrist-spin13514616 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.

-160+16 2015: −3.5 per 24 over 137 balls 152018: +15.0 per 24 over 153 balls 182019: +5.8 per 24 over 351 balls 192020: +5.8 per 24 over 176 balls 202021: +2.2 per 24 over 400 balls 212022: −7.9 per 24 over 363 balls 222023: +1.8 per 24 over 192 balls 232024: +1.6 per 24 over 198 balls 24
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. 0(3)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2024-06-16−8.1
  2. 17(19)v Canada, Full v associate, 2024-06-07+1.7
  3. 5(10)v India, T20Is, 2024-06-05−11.8
  4. 5(11)v Netherlands, Full v associate, 2024-05-24−8.6
  5. 56(46)v Scotland, Full v associate, 2024-05-23+25.6
  6. 11(14)v Netherlands, Full v associate, 2024-05-19−6.9
  7. 35(26)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2024-05-14+5.4
  8. 16(14)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2024-05-12−2.7
  9. 77(55)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2024-05-10+18.7
  10. 13(14)v Zimbabwe, T20Is, 2023-12-10−2.0

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. 83(50)v Netherlands, Full v associate, 2019-02-17+95.1
  2. 64(32)v Scotland, Full v associate, 2019-09-17+43.8
  3. 99*(54)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2020-09-18+31.6
  4. 32(20)v Netherlands, Full v associate, 2019-10-05+28.7
  5. 56(46)v Scotland, Full v associate, 2024-05-23+25.6