T20 ratings Blast

Craig Overton

Batter and bowler, age 32

−0.0

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 8 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 163rd of 1,072 rated batters, top 20%.

Hard to get out. Adds most in the powerplay.

89% range
−1.0 to +0.8
Likely rank
86th to 387th
Per 24 balls
−0.1
Next season
+0.1
Whole career
+0.2
Ageing since his record, per 24
−0.34
Run-outs, per match
+0.05
Balls
508
Last played
2026
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.

OvertonIPL average
Strike rate158153
Balls per dismissal2019
Boundary balls22%22%
Dot balls25%29%
Strike rate, powerplay163155
Strike rate, middle146145
Strike rate, death173167

+5 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 8 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+2.9
Middle+0.9
Death+2.1

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 35%
Gets out lesstop 9%
Scores faster once intop 37%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace16315719 balls
Left-arm pace16115420 balls
Off-spin14914723 balls
Left-arm spin14314222 balls
Wrist-spin14514621 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.

-440+44 2014: −10.9 per 24 over 40 balls 142017: +8.8 per 24 over 104 balls 172019: −9.3 per 24 over 44 balls 192020: −0.7 per 24 over 22 balls 202021: +1.2 per 24 over 38 balls 212022: +40.6 per 24 over 14 balls 222023: +24.2 per 24 over 33 balls 232024: +4.6 per 24 over 61 balls 242025: −0.2 per 24 over 19 balls 252026: +19.6 per 24 over 105 balls 26
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. 5(3)v Northamptonshire, Blast, 2026-07-18 · replay−4.8
  2. 79*(30)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2026-07-15 · replay+106.1
  3. 9*(6)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2026-07-12 · replay−1.8
  4. 12*(7)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2026-07-08 · replay+1.4
  5. 26(18)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2026-06-28 · replay−4.0
  6. 14(11)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2026-06-26 · replay−1.0
  7. 28*(19)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2026-06-05 · replay+2.3
  8. 4*(4)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2026-06-04 · replay−4.5
  9. 5(7)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2026-05-29 · replay−5.7
  10. 16*(6)v Lancashire, Blast, 2025-09-13 · replay+10.1

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. 79*(30)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2026-07-15 · replay+106.1
  2. 17*(8)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2023-06-23+37.7
  3. 12(3)v Middlesex, Blast, 2022-07-01+25.2
  4. 35*(19)v Surrey, Blast, 2017-08-06+23.2
  5. 17*(9)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2020-09-11+16.1