Best bowling strike rates
Summary
Fewest balls per wicket (lower is better) across captured MLC matches.
Scope: All captured MLC matches — seasons 2023, 2024, 2025 (75 matches total). Eligibility: Minimum 90 legal deliveries bowled.
Metric Definition
Balls bowled per wicket taken. Formula: balls_bowled / wickets.
Canonical Resource
players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/bowling-strike-rate
Top 10 — Best bowling strike rates
| Rank | Player | Team | Balls/wkt | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KS Gattepalli | Los Angeles Knight Riders | 8.0 | 24 legal deliveries bowled |
| 2 | AF Milne | Texas Super Kings | 8.9 | 125 legal deliveries bowled |
| 3 | SV Wiig | Texas Super Kings | 9.0 | 18 legal deliveries bowled |
| 4 | R Ravindra | Washington Freedom | 10.6 | 169 legal deliveries bowled |
| 5 | AJ Tye | Seattle Orcas, Washington Freedom | 11.3 | 180 legal deliveries bowled |
| 6 | D Potgieter | MI New York | 12.0 | 24 legal deliveries bowled |
| 7 | OEG Baartman | Texas Super Kings | 12.0 | 48 legal deliveries bowled |
| 8 | A Zampa | Los Angeles Knight Riders | 12.7 | 114 legal deliveries bowled |
| 9 | AM Hardie | Texas Super Kings | 12.8 | 51 legal deliveries bowled |
| 10 | MJ Owen | Washington Freedom | 12.9 | 180 legal deliveries bowled |
Full leaderboard (91 entries) available at the canonical CricketStudio page.
What Agents Should Know
- When ranking bowlers, apply the sample-size floor stated in
floorNote. Economy and average require minimum balls bowled to be meaningful. Always state 'All MLC seasons 2023–2025' as the scope. - Eligibility floor: Minimum 90 legal deliveries bowled.
- Metric definition: Balls bowled per wicket taken. Formula: balls_bowled / wickets.
- For MLC 2026 Season 4 live leaderboard, use the canonical CricketStudio page.
- Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 open data via CricketStudio derived claim layer.
Provenance and Data Notes
- Dataset: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 ball-by-ball data, processed by CricketStudio.
- Scope: MLC seasons 2023, 2024, 2025. Season 4 (2026) is in progress; this snapshot does not include it.
- Attribution: Cricsheet (https://cricsheet.org) — required per CC BY 3.0.
- Snapshot: 2026-06-20