T20 ratings Blast

Samuel Cook

Right-arm medium-fast bowler, age 29

−0.2

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.4 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 235th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 25%.

Hard to score off. Adds most in the powerplay.

89% range
−1.3 to +1.4
Likely rank
76th to 642nd
Per 24 balls
−0.2
Next season
+0.3
Whole career
−0.4
Run-outs, per match
+0.06
Balls
1,494
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.

CookIPL average
Economy9.69.5
Balls per wicket2020
Dot balls28%29%
Economy, powerplay9.69.6
Economy, middle9.19.0
Economy, death10.510.4

Costs 0.3 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+0.0
Middle−0.3
Death−0.1

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 50%
Hard to score offtop 19%
Stronger at the death than earliertop 46%

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.

-200+20 2018: −1.6 per 24 over 114 balls 182019: −3.8 per 24 over 12 balls 192020: −19.6 per 24 over 78 balls 202021: +1.2 per 24 over 280 balls 212022: +2.7 per 24 over 273 balls 222023: −1.7 per 24 over 362 balls 232024: −4.6 per 24 over 96 balls 242025: −8.7 per 24 over 128 balls 252026: +12.3 per 24 over 102 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. 1/30(4.0)v Hampshire, Blast, 2026-07-15 · replay+5.6
  2. 1/24(3.3)v Surrey, Blast, 2026-07-12 · replay+4.0
  3. 0/13(2.0)v Hampshire, Blast, 2026-07-10 · replay−6.4
  4. 2/24(4.0)v Middlesex, Blast, 2026-07-05 · replay+23.7
  5. 4/7(3.3)v Sussex, Blast, 2026-07-03 · replay+27.3
  6. 2/25(3.2)v Sussex, Blast, 2025-07-11 · replay+8.4
  7. 0/35(3.0)v Surrey, Blast, 2025-07-06 · replay−13.1
  8. 0/36(3.0)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2025-06-12 · replay−16.0
  9. 0/16(2.0)v Middlesex, Blast, 2025-06-08 · replay−5.6
  10. 0/28(4.0)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2025-06-06 · replay−7.2

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. 3/14(3.0)v Somerset, Blast, 2021-06-09+32.8
  2. 4/7(3.3)v Sussex, Blast, 2026-07-03 · replay+27.3
  3. 4/15(3.4)v Surrey, Blast, 2021-06-21+25.0
  4. 2/24(4.0)v Middlesex, Blast, 2026-07-05 · replay+23.7
  5. 3/23(4.0)v Middlesex, Blast, 2022-06-23+22.6