Most dot balls bowled
Summary
Most legal deliveries conceding 0 total runs, indicating control and pressure ability.
Scope: All captured MLC matches — seasons 2023, 2024, 2025 (75 matches total). Eligibility: Minimum 15 legal deliveries bowled.
Metric Definition
Count of dot deliveries (batter scored 0 runs off ball) bowled.
Canonical Resource
players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/most-dot-balls
Top 10 — Most dot balls bowled
| Rank | Player | Team | Dot balls | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TA Boult | MI New York | 268 | 629 legal deliveries |
| 2 | SN Netravalkar | Washington Freedom | 224 | 526 legal deliveries |
| 3 | Haris Rauf | San Francisco Unicorns | 166 | 483 legal deliveries |
| 4 | SP Narine | Los Angeles Knight Riders | 160 | 408 legal deliveries |
| 5 | Harmeet Singh | Seattle Orcas | 158 | 434 legal deliveries |
| 6 | M Jansen | Washington Freedom | 157 | 322 legal deliveries |
| 7 | Noor Ahmad | Texas Super Kings | 151 | 348 legal deliveries |
| 8 | CJ Gannon | Seattle Orcas | 148 | 413 legal deliveries |
| 9 | Zia-ul-Haq | Texas Super Kings | 144 | 330 legal deliveries |
| 10 | NP Kenjige | MI New York | 140 | 342 legal deliveries |
Full leaderboard (100 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.
- Metric definition: Count of dot deliveries (batter scored 0 runs off ball) bowled.
- 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