Best death-overs economy
Summary
Lowest bowling economy rates in death overs (overs 17–20 of a T20 innings).
Scope: All captured MLC matches — seasons 2023, 2024, 2025 (75 matches total). Eligibility: Minimum 15 legal deliveries bowled in overs 17–20.
Metric Definition
Runs conceded per over in overs 17–20. Formula: (death_runs / death_balls) × 6.
Canonical Resource
players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/death-overs-economy
Top 10 — Best death-overs economy
| Rank | Player | Team | Death econ (RPO) | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harmeet Singh | Seattle Orcas | 5.33 | 18 legal deliveries in death overs |
| 2 | CJ Gannon | Seattle Orcas | 7.18 | 71 legal deliveries in death overs |
| 3 | PJ Cummins | San Francisco Unicorns | 7.38 | 48 legal deliveries in death overs |
| 4 | Noor Ahmad | Texas Super Kings | 7.40 | 30 legal deliveries in death overs |
| 5 | LH Ferguson | Los Angeles Knight Riders, Washington Freedom | 7.54 | 74 legal deliveries in death overs |
| 6 | R Shepherd | MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns | 7.88 | 51 legal deliveries in death overs |
| 7 | CA Dry | Los Angeles Knight Riders | 8.00 | 18 legal deliveries in death overs |
| 8 | Mohammad Mohsin | Texas Super Kings | 8.12 | 17 legal deliveries in death overs |
| 9 | SH Johnson | Los Angeles Knight Riders | 8.17 | 36 legal deliveries in death overs |
| 10 | XC Bartlett | San Francisco Unicorns | 8.24 | 67 legal deliveries in death overs |
Full leaderboard (51 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 15 legal deliveries bowled in overs 17–20.
- Metric definition: Runs conceded per over in overs 17–20. Formula: (death_runs / death_balls) × 6.
- 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