Most powerplay balls bowled
Summary
Total legal deliveries bowled in the powerplay — identifies the highest-usage PP attack 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 powerplay (overs 1–6).
Canonical Resource
players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/most-pp-overs-bowled
Top 10 — Most powerplay balls bowled
| Rank | Player | Team | PP balls bowled | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TA Boult | MI New York | 336 | 336 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 2 | SN Netravalkar | Washington Freedom | 300 | 300 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 3 | CJ Gannon | Seattle Orcas | 228 | 228 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 4 | Zia-ul-Haq | Texas Super Kings | 228 | 228 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 5 | C le Roux | San Francisco Unicorns | 202 | 202 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 6 | M Jansen | Washington Freedom | 192 | 192 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 7 | Haris Rauf | San Francisco Unicorns | 168 | 168 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 8 | BL Couch | San Francisco Unicorns | 132 | 132 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 9 | XC Bartlett | San Francisco Unicorns | 132 | 132 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 10 | Ehsan Adil | MI New York | 126 | 126 legal deliveries in powerplay |
Full leaderboard (92 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 powerplay (overs 1–6).
- 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