T20 ratings Blast

Jacob Libby

Right-handed batter, age 33

−4.5

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 17 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 904th of 1,072 rated batters, 84th percentile from the top.

More of a placer than a hitter, hard to get out and scores at much the same pace from ball one.

89% range
−6.1 to −2.6
Likely rank
733rd to 991st
Per 24 balls
−6.2
Next season
−3.4
Next season, in the IPL
−3.4
Whole career
−3.0
Ageing since his record, per 24
−0.79
Balls
1,018
Last played
2025
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.

LibbyIPL average
Strike rate129153
Balls per dismissal1819
Boundary balls16%22%
Dot balls29%29%
Strike rate, powerplay132155
Strike rate, middle124145
Strike rate, death136167

−58 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 17 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−4.8
Middle−4.4
Death−8.5

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 2%
Gets out lesstop 22%
Scores faster once inbottom 29%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace13315717 balls
Left-arm pace13115418 balls
Off-spin12414720 balls
Left-arm spin11914220 balls
Wrist-spin12014619 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.

-220+22 2018: +8.2 per 24 over 199 balls 182019: −5.0 per 24 over 76 balls 192020: +1.7 per 24 over 232 balls 202021: +2.3 per 24 over 291 balls 212022: −4.4 per 24 over 134 balls 222024: −0.5 per 24 over 13 balls 242025: −21.1 per 24 over 50 balls 25
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. 0(2)v Birmingham Bears, Blast, 2025-06-20 · replay−3.0
  2. 21(28)v Durham, Blast, 2025-06-18 · replay−22.6
  3. 6(9)v Leicestershire, Blast, 2025-06-15 · replay−15.4
  4. 15(11)v Lancashire, Blast, 2025-06-13 · replay−4.8
  5. 1*(2)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2024-07-18−2.1
  6. 16(11)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2024-07-14+1.8
  7. 6(9)v Nottinghamshire, Blast, 2022-07-03−5.1
  8. 18(13)v Lancashire, Blast, 2022-07-01+7.7
  9. 24(24)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2022-06-23+0.7
  10. 3(2)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2022-06-10−9.6

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. 30(23)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2018-08-17+23.1
  2. 78*(55)v Durham, Blast, 2021-06-25+21.3
  3. 58(33)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2018-08-10+21.1
  4. 63(40)v Birmingham Bears, Blast, 2020-09-13+14.7
  5. 47(26)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2020-09-20+14.6