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Ian Cockbain

Right-handed batter, age 39

BlastBBL
−0.4

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 20 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 228th of 1,072 rated batters, top 25%.

Hard to get out and goes up a gear once he is in.

89% range
−1.9 to +1.1
Likely rank
64th to 608th
Per 24 balls
−0.5
Whole career
−0.3
Run-outs, per match
0.00
Balls
2,365
Last played
2022
Where he sits among 1,072 rated batters

Each dot is a rated batter, by rating per innings. Tap anywhere on the line to zoom in and see who is who.

In IPL numbers

The same player run through today's IPL (the 2026 season's scoring) against average opposition.

CockbainIPL average
Strike rate151153
Balls per dismissal1919
Boundary balls21%22%
Dot balls29%29%
Strike rate, powerplay146155
Strike rate, middle146145
Strike rate, death168167

−6 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 20 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−2.1
Middle−0.1
Death+0.1

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 41%
Gets out lesstop 21%
Scores faster once intop 1%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace15415718 balls
Left-arm pace15015419 balls
Off-spin14314721 balls
Left-arm spin14114221 balls
Wrist-spin14514619 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.

-200+20 2014: −6.1 per 24 over 295 balls 142015: +4.3 per 24 over 262 balls 152016: +5.0 per 24 over 377 balls 162017: +1.5 per 24 over 198 balls 172018: −2.0 per 24 over 253 balls 182019: +1.6 per 24 over 229 balls 192020: +7.1 per 24 over 235 balls 202021: +4.3 per 24 over 386 balls 212022: −19.3 per 24 over 145 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. 4(5)v Hampshire, Blast, 2022-07-01−9.9
  2. 19(15)v Hampshire, Blast, 2022-06-24−18.1
  3. 64(46)v Kent, Blast, 2022-06-21−3.7
  4. 14(19)v Somerset, Blast, 2022-06-17−40.3
  5. 5(11)v Sussex, Blast, 2022-06-10−12.6
  6. 16(8)v Somerset, Blast, 2022-06-09−7.2
  7. 10(7)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2022-06-07+3.1
  8. 0(1)v Kent, Blast, 2022-06-01−1.9
  9. 8(8)v Surrey, Blast, 2022-05-31−15.1
  10. 9(10)v Sussex, Blast, 2022-05-27−10.7

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. 73*(58)v Surrey, Blast, 2016-07-06+41.1
  2. 89(57)v Somerset, Blast, 2020-09-20+40.5
  3. 91*(49)v Middlesex, Blast, 2015-05-15+38.5
  4. 62*(39)v Middlesex, Blast, 2021-06-17+37.9
  5. 123(61)v Middlesex, Blast, 2018-08-09+37.6

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Head to head with Deepak HoodaSee him in the Blast chart on the globe