T20 ratings Blast

Ned Eckersley

Right-handed batter, age 37

−1.0

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 12 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 380th of 1,072 rated batters, top 40%.

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

89% range
−2.6 to +0.3
Likely rank
138th to 652nd
Per 24 balls
−2.0
Whole career
−1.6
Balls
761
Last played
2022
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.

EckersleyIPL average
Strike rate146153
Balls per dismissal1819
Boundary balls19%22%
Dot balls26%29%
Strike rate, powerplay148155
Strike rate, middle139145
Strike rate, death157167

−12 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 12 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−1.5
Middle−1.4
Death−3.0

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 26%
Gets out lesstop 25%
Scores faster once inbottom 30%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace15015717 balls
Left-arm pace14715418 balls
Off-spin13714720 balls
Left-arm spin13514220 balls
Wrist-spin13714618 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.

-120+12 2014: +1.7 per 24 over 152 balls 142015: −5.0 per 24 over 164 balls 152017: −4.0 per 24 over 71 balls 172018: −2.2 per 24 over 89 balls 182021: +12.7 per 24 over 112 balls 212022: +5.9 per 24 over 153 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. 15*(9)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2022-07-03+1.5
  2. 23*(12)v Nottinghamshire, Blast, 2022-07-01+9.9
  3. 24*(13)v Nottinghamshire, Blast, 2022-06-24+1.5
  4. 0(1)v Leicestershire, Blast, 2022-06-19−4.8
  5. 10(12)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2022-06-17+0.1
  6. 46(42)v Lancashire, Blast, 2022-06-10+21.2
  7. 26(24)v Birmingham Bears, Blast, 2022-06-08+2.0
  8. 19*(16)v Northamptonshire, Blast, 2022-06-05−2.0
  9. 10(3)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2022-06-03+5.1
  10. 20*(10)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2022-06-01+4.9

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. 50*(36)v Leicestershire, Blast, 2021-06-13+60.2
  2. 43(22)v Durham, Blast, 2014-06-20+24.5
  3. 46(42)v Lancashire, Blast, 2022-06-10+21.2
  4. 16(10)v Warwickshire, Blast, 2015-06-19+18.2
  5. 39(34)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2015-05-22+15.1