T20 ratings Super Smash

Ben Wheeler

Left-arm medium-fast bowler, age 34

−2.2

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.8 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 885th of 1,127 rated bowlers, 79th percentile from the top.

At his best before the death.

89% range
−3.5 to −0.5
Likely rank
407th to 1074th
Per 24 balls
−2.4
Whole career
−2.3
Balls
880
Last played
2021
Where he sits among 1,127 rated bowlers

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In IPL numbers

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

WheelerIPL average
Economy10.19.5
Balls per wicket2120
Dot balls28%29%
Economy, powerplay10.29.6
Economy, middle9.69.0
Economy, death11.310.4

Costs 2.5 runs a match against an average IPL bowler. Runs only; the rating also counts his wickets.

By phase

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

Powerplay−2.3
Middle−2.0
Death−3.4

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketsbottom 33%
Hard to score offbottom 35%
Stronger at the death than earlierbottom 7%

Bowling the 19th, defending 24 off 12

A real IPL position, played out a thousand times with him in it and a thousand times with an average bowler in his place. Each line is one finish, ball by ball, from 24 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.

-100+10 2016: −1.7 per 24 over 85 balls 162017: −10.8 per 24 over 259 balls 172018: −3.7 per 24 over 234 balls 182019: −3.2 per 24 over 183 balls 192021: −1.4 per 24 over 72 balls 21
SeasonMatchesOversWktsAvgEconSRDot %Win value

By competition

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

CompetitionStrengthMatchesWktsAvgEconWin value

Last 10 matches

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

  1. 1/22(4.0)v Canterbury, Super Smash, 2021-12-10+6.0
  2. 2/42(4.0)v Wellington, Super Smash, 2021-12-05+1.7
  3. 1/40(4.0)v Otago, Super Smash, 2021-11-28−12.0
  4. 0/38(3.3)v Otago, Super Smash, 2020-01-11+1.4
  5. 1/24(4.0)v Canterbury, Super Smash, 2020-01-07+8.5
  6. 1/20(4.0)v Auckland, Super Smash, 2020-01-04−4.8
  7. 2/35(4.0)v Otago, Super Smash, 2020-01-02−4.3
  8. 1/28(4.0)v Wellington, Super Smash, 2019-12-27+7.4
  9. 0/43(4.0)v Canterbury, Super Smash, 2019-12-23−23.0
  10. 2/30(4.0)v Wellington, Super Smash, 2019-12-18−12.4

His biggest spells, by win chance added

Not the most runs or wickets: 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. 2/30(4.0)v Wellington, Super Smash, 2018-01-14+16.0
  2. 2/22(4.0)v Bangladesh, T20Is, 2017-01-03+13.5
  3. 4/26(4.0)v Otago, Super Smash, 2019-01-10+11.9
  4. 2/12(4.0)v Auckland, Super Smash, 2018-12-29+9.7
  5. 1/24(4.0)v Canterbury, Super Smash, 2020-01-07+8.5