Travis Birt

Left-handed batter, age 44

+0.9

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 16 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 71st of 1,072 rated batters, top 10%.

A big hitter. Adds most in the powerplay.

89% range: −0.7 to +2.3
Likely rank: 23rd to 312th
Per 24 balls: +1.4
Whole career: +0.9
Run-outs, per match: 0.00
Balls: 614
Last played: 2014

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.

	Birt	IPL average
Strike rate	165	153
Balls per dismissal	16	19
Boundary balls	25%	22%
Dot balls	30%	29%
Strike rate, powerplay	168	155
Strike rate, middle	156	145
Strike rate, death	177	167

+25 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 16 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+1.6

Middle+0.7

Death+1.4

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 5%

Gets out lessbottom 31%

Scores faster once intop 33%

Against each kind of bowler

	Strike rate	IPL average	Out every
Right-arm pace	169	157	16 balls
Left-arm pace	165	154	16 balls
Off-spin	153	147	18 balls
Left-arm spin	153	142	18 balls
Wrist-spin	159	146	16 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.

Season	Inns	Runs	Balls	Avg	SR	4s	6s	Dot %	Win value
2009	2	14	12	7	116.7	2	0	41.7	−10.5
2011	13	363	248	27.9	146.4	29	19	38.3	+3.1
2012	10	229	180	28.6	127.2	15	12	41.1	+4.0
2013	9	177	126	22.1	140.5	18	8	40.5	+6.2
2014	3	41	30	13.7	136.7	4	1	30	+1.2

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.

Competition	Strength	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	Win value
BBL	−1.4	23	572	27.2	145.2	+6.9
BPL	−3.1	6	146	29.2	131.5	+1.0
IPL	0	5	75	15	129.3	−6.1
T20Is	−0.9	3	31	10.3	93.9	−10.0

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).

16(8)v Brisbane Heat, BBL, 2015-01-15+4.9
14(9)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2015-01-07+1.1
11(13)v Brisbane Heat, BBL, 2015-01-02−4.4
2(6)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2014-02-07−4.0
8*(3)v Melbourne Stars, BBL, 2014-02-04+0.7
11(6)v Brisbane Heat, BBL, 2014-01-23+4.2
31(23)v Melbourne Stars, BBL, 2014-01-21+2.4
33(21)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2014-01-15+4.3
22(19)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2014-01-11−0.5
22(14)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2014-01-07+37.3

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.

22(14)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2014-01-07+37.3
35(18)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2012-01-01+33.5
57*(40)v Brisbane Heat, BBL, 2012-12-09+24.7
40(30)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2011-12-18+17.7
94*(56)v Dhaka Gladiators, BPL, 2013-02-11+15.0

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Head to head with Brendon McCullum See him in the BBL chart on the globe