T20 ratings PSL

Wahab Riaz

Batter and bowler, age 41

+1.1

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 3.8 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 61st of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 10%.

Hard to score off and at his best at the death.

89% range
+0.3 to +2.0
Likely rank
32nd to 190th
Per 24 balls
+1.2
Whole career
+2.0
Run-outs, per match
+0.01
No-balls (1.5 per 100 balls), per 24
−0.50
Balls
4,932
Last played
2022
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.

RiazIPL average
Economy9.19.5
Balls per wicket2020
Dot balls31%29%
Economy, powerplay9.29.6
Economy, middle8.79.0
Economy, death9.910.4

Saves 1.4 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+1.4
Middle+1.5
Death+2.4

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketsbottom 44%
Hard to score offtop 3%
Stronger at the death than earliertop 15%

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.

-100+10 2007: +1.7 per 24 over 12 balls 072010: −7.9 per 24 over 48 balls 102011: +9.9 per 24 over 24 balls 112014: −0.7 per 24 over 12 balls 142015: +1.0 per 24 over 539 balls 152016: +6.6 per 24 over 388 balls 162017: +2.2 per 24 over 558 balls 172018: +1.7 per 24 over 952 balls 182019: +9.4 per 24 over 558 balls 192020: −2.9 per 24 over 221 balls 202021: +2.2 per 24 over 737 balls 212022: −2.0 per 24 over 602 balls 22
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. 1/20(3.0)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2023-03-170.0
  2. 0/28(2.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2023-03-16−12.3
  3. 1/32(4.0)v Multan Sultans, PSL, 2023-03-10+17.9
  4. 1/56(4.0)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2023-03-08+5.3
  5. 3/17(4.0)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2023-03-07+11.7
  6. 0/36(4.0)v Karachi Kings, PSL, 2023-03-01−26.4
  7. 2/45(4.0)v Lahore Qalandars, PSL, 2023-02-26+3.8
  8. 0/33(3.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2023-02-23+1.0
  9. 0/25(4.0)v Quetta Gladiators, PSL, 2023-02-20+2.7
  10. 0/44(4.0)v Multan Sultans, PSL, 2023-02-17−9.3

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. 1/17(3.0)v Trinbago Knight Riders, CPL, 2021-08-29+112.4
  2. 2/26(4.0)v England, T20Is, 2020-09-01+74.3
  3. 3/23(4.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2016-02-05+58.2
  4. 2/26(4.0)v Islamabad United, PSL, 2022-02-17+55.0
  5. 2/18(3.0)v Tshwane Spartans, MSL, 2019-12-01+48.3