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Nick Larkin

Right-handed batter, age 36

BBL
−2.5

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 17 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 706th of 1,072 rated batters, 66th percentile from the top.

More of a placer than a hitter and hard to get out.

89% range
−4.1 to −0.5
Likely rank
292nd to 884th
Per 24 balls
−3.5
Whole career
−1.9
Balls
913
Last played
2023
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.

LarkinIPL average
Strike rate136153
Balls per dismissal2019
Boundary balls19%22%
Dot balls32%29%
Strike rate, powerplay134155
Strike rate, middle133145
Strike rate, death147167

−41 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−4.1
Middle−2.2
Death−5.1

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 9%
Gets out lesstop 8%
Scores faster once intop 30%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace13815720 balls
Left-arm pace13915420 balls
Off-spin13014723 balls
Left-arm spin13014222 balls
Wrist-spin13014620 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.

-440+44 2015: −41.4 per 24 over 15 balls 152018: +0.1 per 24 over 137 balls 182019: +14.6 per 24 over 217 balls 192020: 0.0 per 24 over 218 balls 202021: −14.8 per 24 over 97 balls 212022: −3.0 per 24 over 201 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. 0(3)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2023-12-13−5.0
  2. 5*(7)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2023-01-25+0.8
  3. 58(36)v Brisbane Heat, BBL, 2023-01-16+21.1
  4. 21*(19)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2023-01-14−42.4
  5. 9(11)v Hobart Hurricanes, BBL, 2023-01-09−5.2
  6. 5*(2)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2023-01-06+2.7
  7. 48*(40)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2023-01-03+12.1
  8. 9*(7)v Adelaide Strikers, BBL, 2022-12-31+1.1
  9. 4(6)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2022-12-29−6.1
  10. 12(19)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2022-12-26−10.6

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. 33*(28)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2020-01-10+57.3
  2. 38*(26)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2020-02-08+44.2
  3. 65(45)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2020-01-02+36.0
  4. 83*(49)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2020-02-06+21.3
  5. 58(36)v Brisbane Heat, BBL, 2023-01-16+21.1

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Head to head with Robert NicolSee him in the BBL chart on the globe