T20 ratings Blast

David Payne

Left-arm fast-medium bowler, age 35

+0.5

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.8 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 123rd of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 15%.

A wicket-taker, hard to score off and at his best before the death. Adds most in the powerplay.

89% range
−0.9 to +1.3
Likely rank
55th to 383rd
Per 24 balls
+0.5
Next season
+1.0
Whole career
−0.1
Run-outs, per match
+0.24
No-balls (0.48 per 100 balls), per 24
+0.15
Balls
3,831
Last played
2026
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.

PayneIPL average
Economy9.69.5
Balls per wicket1820
Dot balls29%29%
Economy, powerplay9.79.6
Economy, middle9.19.0
Economy, death10.610.4

Costs 0.4 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+0.7
Middle+0.5
Death+0.1

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 1%
Hard to score offtop 21%
Stronger at the death than earlierbottom 8%

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.

-220+22 2014: −4.6 per 24 over 165 balls 142015: −12.9 per 24 over 181 balls 152016: −21.1 per 24 over 24 balls 162017: −3.8 per 24 over 238 balls 172018: +1.6 per 24 over 282 balls 182019: +0.4 per 24 over 282 balls 192020: +0.8 per 24 over 227 balls 202021: −2.8 per 24 over 216 balls 212022: +6.8 per 24 over 334 balls 222023: −2.6 per 24 over 514 balls 232024: +4.5 per 24 over 593 balls 242025: +4.6 per 24 over 673 balls 252026: −11.5 per 24 over 30 balls 26
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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. 0/35(2.0)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2026-04-02 · replay−6.1
  2. 2/35(3.0)v Royal Challengers Bengaluru, IPL, 2026-03-28 · replay−8.7
  3. 3/18(4.0)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2026-01-25 · replay+22.9
  4. 2/13(3.0)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2026-01-20 · replay+43.3
  5. 2/30(4.0)v Melbourne Stars, BBL, 2026-01-17 · replay−0.2
  6. 0/30(4.0)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2026-01-15 · replay−6.0
  7. 3/35(4.0)v Adelaide Strikers, BBL, 2026-01-11 · replay+12.6
  8. 1/23(4.0)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2026-01-07 · replay−5.3
  9. 3/42(4.0)v MI Emirates, ILT20, 2026-01-04 · replay−9.1
  10. 2/52(4.0)v MI Emirates, ILT20, 2025-12-30 · replay−1.8

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. 4/29(4.0)v MI Emirates, ILT20, 2025-12-09 · replay+73.3
  2. 3/29(4.0)v Surrey, Blast, 2018-08-12+56.2
  3. 3/17(3.4)v Sussex, Blast, 2022-06-10+49.9
  4. 1/22(4.0)v Middlesex, Blast, 2025-07-06 · replay+46.3
  5. 2/25(4.0)v Sussex, Blast, 2021-06-25+45.4