T20 ratings Blast

Craig Meschede

Right-arm medium-fast bowler, age 34

−1.9

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 2.8 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 795th of 1,127 rated bowlers, 71st percentile from the top.

A wicket-taker, can go for runs and at his best at the death.

89% range
−2.8 to −0.4
Likely rank
398th to 1002nd
Per 24 balls
−2.7
Whole career
−2.2
Balls
900
Last played
2019
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.

MeschedeIPL average
Economy10.39.5
Balls per wicket2020
Dot balls26%29%
Economy, powerplay10.59.6
Economy, middle9.79.0
Economy, death11.210.4

Costs 2.2 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−3.4
Middle−2.2
Death−2.9

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 24%
Hard to score offbottom 15%
Stronger at the death than earliertop 19%

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.

-120+12 2014: −5.1 per 24 over 132 balls 142015: −3.1 per 24 over 180 balls 152016: −1.2 per 24 over 169 balls 162017: +11.1 per 24 over 150 balls 172018: −7.7 per 24 over 162 balls 182019: +11.1 per 24 over 96 balls 19
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. 2/29(4.0)v Jersey, Associate T20Is, 2019-06-20+9.3
  2. 2/11(4.0)v Norway, Associate T20Is, 2019-06-20+24.9
  3. 1/19(4.0)v Denmark, Associate T20Is, 2019-06-19+15.8
  4. 0/24(4.0)v Guernsey, Associate T20Is, 2019-06-15−3.7
  5. 0/8(1.0)v Sussex, Blast, 2018-08-14+0.2
  6. 0/24(2.0)v Somerset, Blast, 2018-08-12−8.7
  7. 3/21(4.0)v Hampshire, Blast, 2018-08-10+16.9
  8. 1/12(2.0)v Essex, Blast, 2018-08-07+9.3
  9. 0/27(3.0)v Middlesex, Blast, 2018-08-05−3.4
  10. 0/16(1.0)v Surrey, Blast, 2018-07-31−9.8

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. 2/14(2.0)v Middlesex, Blast, 2015-06-05+25.4
  2. 2/11(4.0)v Norway, Associate T20Is, 2019-06-20+24.9
  3. 1/21(2.0)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2017-07-25+24.4
  4. 1/12(2.0)v Kent, Blast, 2017-07-30+24.2
  5. 3/17(4.0)v Leicestershire, Blast, 2017-08-23+24.0