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Most death-overs balls bowled

Total legal deliveries bowled in death overs — identifies the most-used death bowlers. MLC all-time leaderboard.

Most death-overs balls bowled

Summary

Total legal deliveries bowled in death overs — identifies the most-used death bowlers.

Scope: All captured MLC matches — seasons 2023, 2024, 2025 (75 matches total). Eligibility: Counting stat — all appearances included.

Metric Definition

Total overs (converted from balls) bowled in death (overs 17–20).

Canonical Resource

players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/most-death-overs-bowled

Top 10 — Most death-overs balls bowled

Rank Player Team Death balls bowled Sample
1 TA Boult MI New York 210 210 legal deliveries in death overs
2 MP Stoinis San Francisco Unicorns, Texas Super Kings 136 136 legal deliveries in death overs
3 Haris Rauf San Francisco Unicorns 132 132 legal deliveries in death overs
4 SN Netravalkar Washington Freedom 124 124 legal deliveries in death overs
5 AD Russell Los Angeles Knight Riders 98 98 legal deliveries in death overs
6 Ali Khan Los Angeles Knight Riders 93 93 legal deliveries in death overs
7 LH Ferguson Los Angeles Knight Riders, Washington Freedom 74 74 legal deliveries in death overs
8 CJ Gannon Seattle Orcas 71 71 legal deliveries in death overs
9 XC Bartlett San Francisco Unicorns 67 67 legal deliveries in death overs
10 Naveen-ul-Haq MI New York, Texas Super Kings 62 62 legal deliveries in death overs

Full leaderboard (77 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: Counting stat — all appearances included.
  • Metric definition: Total overs (converted from balls) bowled in death (overs 17–20).
  • 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

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