T20 ratings Blast

Will Smeed

Right-handed batter, age 25

−0.1

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 20 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 176th of 1,072 rated batters, top 20%.

A big hitter. Adds most in the powerplay.

89% range
−1.3 to +1.5
Likely rank
57th to 531st
Per 24 balls
−0.1
Next season
−0.2
Next season, in the IPL
−0.4
Whole career
−0.6
Balls
2,335
Last played
2026
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.

SmeedIPL average
Strike rate156153
Balls per dismissal1719
Boundary balls23%22%
Dot balls30%29%
Strike rate, powerplay160155
Strike rate, middle147145
Strike rate, death168167

+7 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 20 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+0.2
Middle−0.8
Death−0.5

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6stop 21%
Gets out lesstop 44%
Scores faster once intop 31%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace16115717 balls
Left-arm pace15715417 balls
Off-spin14414719 balls
Left-arm spin14414219 balls
Wrist-spin14314617 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.

-120+12 2020: −11.9 per 24 over 80 balls 202021: 0.0 per 24 over 466 balls 212022: −4.6 per 24 over 368 balls 222023: +12.3 per 24 over 367 balls 232024: +4.8 per 24 over 240 balls 242025: +1.6 per 24 over 504 balls 252026: +8.0 per 24 over 237 balls 26
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. 49(35)v Northamptonshire, Blast, 2026-07-18 · replay+7.9
  2. 21(17)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2026-07-15 · replay+2.9
  3. 52(31)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2026-07-12 · replay+13.3
  4. 46(20)v Northamptonshire, Blast, 2026-07-10 · replay+20.3
  5. 89(51)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2026-07-08 · replay+24.8
  6. 48(31)v Northamptonshire, Blast, 2026-07-05 · replay+8.2
  7. 15(8)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2026-06-28 · replay+3.3
  8. 3(6)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2026-06-26 · replay−10.6
  9. 12(9)v Birmingham Bears, Blast, 2026-05-24 · replay−4.9
  10. 59(29)v Hampshire, Blast, 2026-05-22 · replay+17.0

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. 66(36)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2023-06-21+69.3
  2. 72(49)v Glamorgan, Blast, 2025-07-04 · replay+59.0
  3. 94(35)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2023-06-09+53.4
  4. 78(42)v Gloucestershire, Blast, 2023-06-23+51.1
  5. 68(30)v Kent, Blast, 2024-06-07+30.6