T20 ratings Blast

Darren Stevens

Batter and bowler, age 50

−0.6

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 12 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 278th of 1,072 rated batters, top 30%.

A big hitter, gets out more than most and goes up a gear once he is in.

89% range
−1.8 to +0.6
Likely rank
115th to 569th
Per 24 balls
−1.2
Whole career
−0.2
Balls
950
Last played
2022
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.

StevensIPL average
Strike rate154153
Balls per dismissal1619
Boundary balls23%22%
Dot balls30%29%
Strike rate, powerplay153155
Strike rate, middle149145
Strike rate, death168167

+2 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 12 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−1.7
Middle−0.7
Death−1.3

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 22%
Gets out lessbottom 27%
Scores faster once intop 17%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace15615715 balls
Left-arm pace15215416 balls
Off-spin15314718 balls
Left-arm spin15314217 balls
Wrist-spin14914616 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.

-300+30 2011: −0.5 per 24 over 49 balls 112012: +1.8 per 24 over 113 balls 122014: +9.1 per 24 over 221 balls 142015: −6.5 per 24 over 158 balls 152016: +0.7 per 24 over 122 balls 162017: +3.1 per 24 over 91 balls 172019: −27.8 per 24 over 28 balls 192021: −0.2 per 24 over 107 balls 212022: −10.4 per 24 over 36 balls 22
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. 34(22)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2022-07-03−6.2
  2. 13(14)v Surrey, Blast, 2022-07-01−9.5
  3. 12(8)v Somerset, Blast, 2021-09-18−0.2
  4. 47*(28)v Sussex, Blast, 2021-09-18+3.9
  5. 8(6)v Somerset, Blast, 2021-06-28−1.1
  6. 28(19)v Essex, Blast, 2021-06-25+3.1
  7. 15(15)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2021-06-22−0.7
  8. 14(12)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2021-06-16−1.2
  9. 12(10)v Somerset, Blast, 2021-06-15−8.4
  10. 16*(7)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2021-06-13+7.4

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. 71(39)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2014-06-13+50.9
  2. 18(10)v Hampshire, Blast, 2016-06-02+27.9
  3. 67(38)v Surrey, Blast, 2014-07-25+23.6
  4. 90(39)v Surrey, Blast, 2015-06-19+22.0
  5. 56*(38)v Surrey, Blast, 2014-07-02+21.7