T20 ratings Blast

Matthew Parkinson

Leg-spin bowler, age 30

−2.0

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.2 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 815th of 1,127 rated bowlers, 72nd percentile from the top.

A wicket-taker, can go for runs and at his best before the death.

89% range
−3.2 to −1.0
Likely rank
460th to 1029th
Per 24 balls
−2.5
Next season
−1.3
Whole career
−1.4
No-balls (0 per 100 balls), per 24
+0.22
Balls
2,149
Last played
2026
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.

ParkinsonIPL average
Economy10.49.5
Balls per wicket1920
Dot balls26%29%
Economy, powerplay10.59.6
Economy, middle9.79.0
Economy, death11.410.4

Costs 2.8 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−3.0
Middle−2.1
Death−3.4

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 5%
Hard to score offbottom 15%
Stronger at the death than earlierbottom 22%

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.

-140+14 2017: +13.4 per 24 over 180 balls 172018: +1.3 per 24 over 340 balls 182019: +5.0 per 24 over 282 balls 192020: +2.4 per 24 over 242 balls 202021: −3.7 per 24 over 264 balls 212022: −4.9 per 24 over 278 balls 222023: −4.7 per 24 over 104 balls 232024: −1.3 per 24 over 218 balls 242025: −6.2 per 24 over 222 balls 252026: −1.5 per 24 over 12 balls 26
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. 0/25(2.0)v Essex, Blast, 2026-05-29 · replay−0.7
  2. 2/46(4.0)v Lancashire, Blast, 2025-09-06 · replay−26.1
  3. 1/22(4.0)v Essex, Blast, 2025-07-18 · replay+10.6
  4. 0/25(3.0)v Middlesex, Blast, 2025-07-13 · replay−5.9
  5. 1/28(4.0)v Somerset, Blast, 2025-07-11 · replay−2.7
  6. 1/15(1.0)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2025-07-06 · replay0.0
  7. 0/26(2.0)v Sussex, Blast, 2025-07-04 · replay−11.1
  8. 5/23(4.0)v Essex, Blast, 2025-06-20 · replay+5.2
  9. 1/27(4.0)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2025-06-18 · replay−0.6
  10. 0/25(2.0)v Surrey, Blast, 2025-06-12 · replay−18.1

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. 3/22(4.0)v Nottinghamshire, Blast, 2019-08-03+46.6
  2. 2/23(4.0)v Durham, Blast, 2017-07-23+45.6
  3. 3/9(3.0)v Sussex, Blast, 2020-10-01+21.8
  4. 4/47(4.0)v New Zealand, T20Is, 2019-11-08+19.3
  5. 2/30(4.0)v Leicestershire, Blast, 2021-06-10+19.0