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James Faulkner

Batter and bowler, age 36

+0.5

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.4 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 118th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 15%.

A wicket-taker and hard to score off. Adds most in the middle overs.

89% range
−0.5 to +1.6
Likely rank
50th to 390th
Per 24 balls
+0.6
Whole career
+0.9
Run-outs, per match
+0.02
No-balls (0.37 per 100 balls), per 24
+0.14
Balls
4,186
Last played
2021
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.

FaulknerIPL average
Economy9.69.5
Balls per wicket1820
Dot balls28%29%
Economy, powerplay9.79.6
Economy, middle9.09.0
Economy, death10.510.4

Costs 0.3 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+0.3
Middle+0.6
Death+0.5

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 1%
Hard to score offtop 24%
Stronger at the death than earlierbottom 37%

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.

-40+4 2011: +5.1 per 24 over 192 balls 112012: +0.9 per 24 over 240 balls 122013: +4.1 per 24 over 545 balls 132014: +0.1 per 24 over 436 balls 142015: +0.2 per 24 over 796 balls 152016: +0.9 per 24 over 288 balls 162017: −5.4 per 24 over 296 balls 172018: +0.2 per 24 over 556 balls 182019: +3.8 per 24 over 365 balls 192020: −2.4 per 24 over 106 balls 202021: −1.0 per 24 over 264 balls 21
SeasonMatchesOversWktsAvgEconSRDot %Win value

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. 2/47(4.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2022-02-12−18.9
  2. 0/26(2.0)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2022-02-07−15.5
  3. 1/45(4.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2022-02-03−1.1
  4. 1/22(4.0)v Multan Sultans, PSL, 2022-01-31+11.3
  5. 1/16(2.0)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2022-01-29−0.1
  6. 1/40(4.0)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2022-01-28−30.1
  7. 2/30(4.0)v Multan Sultans, PSL, 2021-06-18−1.0
  8. 0/27(4.0)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2021-06-17+1.6
  9. 3/25(4.0)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2021-06-15+17.1
  10. 3/19(4.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2021-06-13+14.7

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. 3/20(4.0)v Chennai Super Kings, IPL, 2013-04-22+67.6
  2. 1/21(4.0)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2019-07-25+58.5
  3. 3/11(2.0)v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 2014-04-29+52.1
  4. 2/20(4.0)v Nottinghamshire, Blast, 2015-07-15+51.5
  5. 2/20(4.0)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2011-12-17+46.8