T20 ratings Blast

Chris Dent

Left-handed batter, age 35

−0.4

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 18 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 246th of 1,072 rated batters, top 25%.

Close to average in all three ways.

89% range
−2.0 to +1.1
Likely rank
72nd to 607th
Per 24 balls
−0.6
Whole career
−1.4
Run-outs, per match
+0.01
Balls
865
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.

DentIPL average
Strike rate154153
Balls per dismissal1619
Boundary balls22%22%
Dot balls28%29%
Strike rate, powerplay157155
Strike rate, middle146145
Strike rate, death167167

+3 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 18 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−0.2
Middle−1.1
Death−1.5

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 32%
Gets out lessbottom 32%
Scores faster once intop 37%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace16015716 balls
Left-arm pace15315416 balls
Off-spin14514718 balls
Left-arm spin14014217 balls
Wrist-spin14414616 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.

-200+20 2014: +4.9 per 24 over 89 balls 142015: −19.7 per 24 over 60 balls 152016: −7.1 per 24 over 172 balls 162020: +8.1 per 24 over 242 balls 202021: +9.1 per 24 over 160 balls 212022: +13.8 per 24 over 60 balls 222023: +2.9 per 24 over 66 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. 33(23)v Essex, Blast, 2023-05-30+4.8
  2. 10(7)v Middlesex, Blast, 2023-05-29−2.4
  3. 11(7)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2023-05-26−6.5
  4. 55(29)v Kent, Blast, 2023-05-24+12.6
  5. 16(13)v Middlesex, Blast, 2022-07-03−0.1
  6. 17(9)v Hampshire, Blast, 2022-07-01+12.6
  7. 24(15)v Hampshire, Blast, 2022-06-24+6.6
  8. 40(23)v Kent, Blast, 2022-06-21+16.1
  9. 42(36)v Hampshire, Blast, 2021-07-02+19.6
  10. 7(7)v Somerset, Blast, 2021-07-01−4.4

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. 55*(23)v Essex, Blast, 2014-07-20+87.5
  2. 87(52)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2020-09-04+45.5
  3. 50(27)v Northamptonshire, Blast, 2020-09-11+20.8
  4. 42(36)v Hampshire, Blast, 2021-07-02+19.6
  5. 40(21)v Kent, Blast, 2021-06-13+18.1