T20 ratings Blast

Richard Gleeson

Right-arm fast-medium bowler, age 38

+1.4

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.6 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 40th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 5%.

A wicket-taker, hard to score off and at his best at the death.

89% range
+0.1 to +2.3
Likely rank
20th to 188th
Per 24 balls
+1.6
Next season
+1.6
Whole career
+1.3
Run-outs, per match
+0.04
Balls
2,956
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.

GleesonIPL average
Economy9.29.5
Balls per wicket1920
Dot balls30%29%
Economy, powerplay9.39.6
Economy, middle8.89.0
Economy, death10.010.4

Saves 1.1 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+1.7
Middle+1.3
Death+2.5

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 14%
Hard to score offtop 4%
Stronger at the death than earliertop 13%

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.

-340+34 2016: +5.3 per 24 over 262 balls 162017: +13.8 per 24 over 255 balls 172018: −2.3 per 24 over 141 balls 182019: −5.8 per 24 over 326 balls 192021: −32.4 per 24 over 25 balls 212022: +7.9 per 24 over 576 balls 222023: +5.2 per 24 over 192 balls 232024: +3.6 per 24 over 445 balls 242025: +6.3 per 24 over 256 balls 252026: +2.6 per 24 over 374 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. 2/31(4.0)v Northamptonshire, Blast, 2026-07-12 · replay+0.4
  2. 1/36(4.0)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2026-07-10 · replay+5.7
  3. 0/33(4.0)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2026-07-05 · replay+7.9
  4. 1/57(3.5)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2026-07-03 · replay−37.0
  5. 4/19(3.0)v Sussex, Blast, 2026-07-01 · replay−1.4
  6. 2/42(4.0)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2026-06-26 · replay+7.2
  7. 1/28(4.0)v Somerset, Blast, 2026-06-07 · replay+14.1
  8. 0/22(3.5)v Nottinghamshire, Blast, 2026-06-05 · replay−2.0
  9. 1/40(4.0)v Hyderabad Kingsmen, PSL, 2026-05-01 · replay+4.1
  10. 2/45(4.0)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2026-04-28 · replay−12.2

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. 5/33(4.0)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2022-05-29+70.3
  2. 1/23(4.0)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2017-08-05+61.3
  3. 3/41(4.0)v Durban's Super Giants, SA20, 2026-01-01 · replay+59.8
  4. 4/19(4.0)v Durham, Blast, 2022-06-10+59.5
  5. 1/18(4.0)v Nottinghamshire, Blast, 2024-06-01+36.7