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Craig Kieswetter

Right-handed batter, age 38

T20IsBlastCSA T20BBL
−2.2

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 24 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 659th of 1,072 rated batters, 61st percentile from the top.

Hard to get out.

89% range
−3.8 to +0.1
Likely rank
273rd to 872nd
Per 24 balls
−2.2
Whole career
−1.9
Run-outs, per match
+0.01
Balls
1,195
Last played
2014
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.

KieswetterIPL average
Strike rate145153
Balls per dismissal1819
Boundary balls20%22%
Dot balls31%29%
Strike rate, powerplay146155
Strike rate, middle139145
Strike rate, death157167

−26 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 24 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−2.8
Middle−1.8
Death−3.0

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 44%
Gets out lesstop 23%
Scores faster once intop 48%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace14915718 balls
Left-arm pace14515418 balls
Off-spin14114721 balls
Left-arm spin13814220 balls
Wrist-spin13814619 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.

-60+6 2010: +4.7 per 24 over 207 balls 102011: −5.4 per 24 over 147 balls 112012: −7.0 per 24 over 110 balls 122013: −1.9 per 24 over 165 balls 132014: +5.3 per 24 over 536 balls 14
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. 15(18)v Cape Cobras, CSA T20, 2014-12-03+0.3
  2. 5(10)v Titans, CSA T20, 2014-11-30−11.1
  3. 1(8)v Cape Cobras, CSA T20, 2014-11-28−8.7
  4. 0(1)v Titans, CSA T20, 2014-11-23−0.3
  5. 11(10)v Knights, CSA T20, 2014-11-21−3.5
  6. 8(18)v Lions, CSA T20, 2014-11-16−9.4
  7. 16(13)v Dolphins, CSA T20, 2014-11-14+11.5
  8. 82*(64)v Lions, CSA T20, 2014-11-07+16.0
  9. 10(8)v Dolphins, CSA T20, 2014-11-05+9.2
  10. 51(38)v Knights, CSA T20, 2014-11-02+4.1

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. 50(24)v Hobart Hurricanes, BBL, 2013-12-28+29.2
  2. 60(44)v Hampshire, Blast, 2014-07-06+24.5
  3. 61(47)v Surrey, Blast, 2014-05-18+23.5
  4. 63(49)v Australia, T20Is, 2010-05-16+21.0
  5. 39(29)v Sri Lanka, T20Is, 2010-05-13+17.3

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Head to head with Jacques KallisSee him in the T20Is chart on the globe