T20 ratings Blast

Gary Ballance

Left-handed batter, age 36

−1.2

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 15 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 442nd of 1,072 rated batters, top 50%.

Goes up a gear once he is in.

89% range
−2.6 to +0.6
Likely rank
146th to 745th
Per 24 balls
−1.9
Whole career
−1.2
Run-outs, per match
+0.03
Balls
527
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.

BallanceIPL average
Strike rate149153
Balls per dismissal1719
Boundary balls21%22%
Dot balls30%29%
Strike rate, powerplay149155
Strike rate, middle142145
Strike rate, death161167

−9 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 15 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−2.2
Middle−1.6
Death−2.6

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 38%
Gets out lessbottom 50%
Scores faster once intop 19%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace15215716 balls
Left-arm pace15015417 balls
Off-spin14414719 balls
Left-arm spin13914218 balls
Wrist-spin14214617 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.

-260+26 2015: +6.2 per 24 over 39 balls 152016: −2.6 per 24 over 92 balls 162018: +2.4 per 24 over 190 balls 182019: −23.8 per 24 over 31 balls 192021: +2.8 per 24 over 124 balls 212022: +7.2 per 24 over 29 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. 30(29)v Ireland, T20Is, 2023-01-12+9.1
  2. 55(37)v Sussex, Blast, 2021-08-24+27.3
  3. 31(21)v Lancashire, Blast, 2021-07-17+9.6
  4. 2(4)v Lancashire, Blast, 2021-07-02−0.2
  5. 8(9)v Birmingham Bears, Blast, 2021-06-30−5.3
  6. 20*(13)v Northamptonshire, Blast, 2021-06-26+0.2
  7. 34(24)v Leicestershire, Blast, 2021-06-25−2.9
  8. 0(3)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2021-06-23−9.2
  9. 9(13)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2021-06-20−4.9
  10. 11(12)v Birmingham Bears, Blast, 2019-08-04−10.9

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. 55(37)v Sussex, Blast, 2021-08-24+27.3
  2. 79(49)v Birmingham Bears, Blast, 2018-07-08+20.0
  3. 40(21)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2018-07-15+14.2
  4. 24(19)v Northamptonshire, Blast, 2018-08-03+10.9
  5. 31(21)v Lancashire, Blast, 2021-07-17+9.6