T20 ratings Blast

William Porterfield

Left-handed batter, age 42

−3.2

Points of win chance he adds per innings, at his 19 balls an innings, against an average IPL batter. Ranked 797th of 1,072 rated batters, 74th percentile from the top.

More of a placer than a hitter.

89% range
−4.4 to −1.1
Likely rank
527th to 927th
Per 24 balls
−4.0
Whole career
−3.4
Run-outs, per match
0.00
Balls
1,598
Last played
2018
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.

PorterfieldIPL average
Strike rate137153
Balls per dismissal1819
Boundary balls19%22%
Dot balls31%29%
Strike rate, powerplay139155
Strike rate, middle130145
Strike rate, death151167

−42 runs over a 14-match season against an average IPL batter, at his 19 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−4.3
Middle−3.8
Death−4.7

How he plays, against every rated batter

More 4s and 6sbottom 19%
Gets out lesstop 30%
Scores faster once intop 41%

Against each kind of bowler

Strike rateIPL averageOut every
Right-arm pace14315717 balls
Left-arm pace13815418 balls
Off-spin13114720 balls
Left-arm spin12314219 balls
Wrist-spin12914618 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.

-100+10 2009: −7.5 per 24 over 134 balls 092010: +2.5 per 24 over 12 balls 102011: +0.3 per 24 over 105 balls 112012: −9.5 per 24 over 18 balls 122013: +0.9 per 24 over 124 balls 132014: +1.4 per 24 over 344 balls 142015: +5.0 per 24 over 491 balls 152016: −1.6 per 24 over 189 balls 162017: −0.3 per 24 over 91 balls 172018: −2.2 per 24 over 35 balls 18
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. 14(11)v India, T20Is, 2018-06-29+0.3
  2. 20(20)v Netherlands, Full v associate, 2018-06-13−0.6
  3. 2(4)v Netherlands, Full v associate, 2018-06-12−3.1
  4. 20(7)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2017-07-23+4.8
  5. 18(11)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2017-07-21+6.5
  6. 30(23)v Leicestershire, Blast, 2017-07-16−5.6
  7. 21(20)v Northamptonshire, Blast, 2017-07-14−4.7
  8. 20(21)v Nottinghamshire, Blast, 2017-07-08+0.4
  9. 5(9)v Worcestershire, Blast, 2017-07-07−2.6
  10. 2(2)v Scotland, Full v associate, 2017-01-20−0.3

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*(22)v Nottinghamshire, Blast, 2015-06-12+30.5
  2. 40(36)v Pakistan, T20Is, 2009-06-15+30.2
  3. 74(41)v Derbyshire, Blast, 2014-06-27+29.4
  4. 55*(54)v Northamptonshire, Blast, 2015-05-29+27.6
  5. 48(41)v Yorkshire, Blast, 2016-07-08+25.3