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John Hastings

Right-arm fast-medium bowler, age 40

−0.2

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.5 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 243rd of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 25%.

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

89% range
−1.5 to +1.1
Likely rank
98th to 667th
Per 24 balls
−0.3
Whole career
+0.6
Run-outs, per match
+0.02
No-balls (1.13 per 100 balls), per 24
−0.28
Balls
1,726
Last played
2017
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.

HastingsIPL average
Economy9.69.5
Balls per wicket1920
Dot balls30%29%
Economy, powerplay9.79.6
Economy, middle9.19.0
Economy, death10.710.4

Costs 0.5 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+0.2
Death−0.5

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 13%
Hard to score offtop 24%
Stronger at the death than earlierbottom 5%

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.

-80+8 2010: +2.0 per 24 over 18 balls 102011: −0.1 per 24 over 42 balls 112012: −5.4 per 24 over 83 balls 122013: +7.9 per 24 over 199 balls 132014: +4.5 per 24 over 340 balls 142015: +3.0 per 24 over 477 balls 152016: +8.2 per 24 over 64 balls 162017: −3.6 per 24 over 445 balls 17
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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. 0/16(2.0)v Multan Sultans, PSL, 2018-03-03−0.5
  2. 1/25(4.0)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2018-03-01−0.4
  3. 1/36(4.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2018-02-28−6.6
  4. 2/41(4.0)v Hobart Hurricanes, BBL, 2018-01-27−1.7
  5. 2/27(3.3)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2018-01-23+8.1
  6. 1/32(4.0)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2018-01-20−1.6
  7. 0/27(3.0)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2018-01-16−6.6
  8. 2/28(4.0)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2018-01-12+15.9
  9. 0/13(2.0)v Adelaide Strikers, BBL, 2018-01-09−6.9
  10. 2/24(3.5)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2018-01-06−3.0

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. 3/29(4.0)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2015-06-05+39.1
  2. 3/20(4.0)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2014-01-27+32.5
  3. 2/6(2.4)v Delhi Daredevils, IPL, 2016-04-10+26.6
  4. 4/26(4.0)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2014-06-29+26.5
  5. 2/15(4.0)v Hobart Hurricanes, BBL, 2014-01-21+24.1