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Sean Ervine

Left-handed batter, age 43

BlastBPLHis Test ratings
−1.0

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 12 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 378th of 1,072 rated batters, top 40%.

Gets out more than most and goes up a gear once he is in.

89% range
−2.2 to +0.1
Likely rank
176th to 640th
Per 24 balls
−2.0
Whole career
−0.8
Run-outs, per match
0.00
Balls
704
Last played
2017
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.

ErvineIPL average
Strike rate150153
Balls per dismissal1519
Boundary balls21%22%
Dot balls28%29%
Strike rate, powerplay151155
Strike rate, middle143145
Strike rate, death164167

−5 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−2.3
Middle−1.8
Death−2.4

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 41%
Gets out lessbottom 26%
Scores faster once intop 21%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace15415715 balls
Left-arm pace15215415 balls
Off-spin14914718 balls
Left-arm spin13614217 balls
Wrist-spin14314616 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.

-180+18 2011: −6.4 per 24 over 36 balls 112012: +2.5 per 24 over 118 balls 122014: +0.1 per 24 over 207 balls 142015: +17.2 per 24 over 120 balls 152016: −7.3 per 24 over 127 balls 162017: −9.4 per 24 over 74 balls 17
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. 7(8)v Somerset, Blast, 2017-08-18−0.4
  2. 1*(2)v Kent, Blast, 2017-08-110.0
  3. 7(9)v Essex, Blast, 2017-08-04−5.7
  4. 23*(20)v Middlesex, Blast, 2017-08-03+3.4
  5. 19(17)v Somerset, Blast, 2017-07-26−8.6
  6. 2(3)v Sussex, Blast, 2017-07-20−6.4
  7. 0(1)v Middlesex, Blast, 2017-07-14−1.4
  8. 6(14)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2017-07-07−11.6
  9. 24(19)v Peshawar Zalmi, PSL, 2017-03-05−10.8
  10. 36(24)v Middlesex, Blast, 2016-07-22+4.3

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. 37(16)v Kent, Blast, 2015-06-12+49.8
  2. 39(24)v Nottinghamshire, Blast, 2014-08-03+34.2
  3. 42*(21)v Middlesex, Blast, 2015-06-04+17.0
  4. 49(35)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2015-05-29+11.8
  5. 6(8)v Essex, Blast, 2016-07-08+11.2

Plays most like him

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Head to head with Produturi ReddySee him in the Blast chart on the globe