Best powerplay bowling strike rate
Summary
Fewest balls per wicket in the powerplay (overs 1–6). Lower values are better.
Scope: All captured MLC matches — seasons 2023, 2024, 2025 (75 matches total). Eligibility: Minimum 18 legal deliveries in the powerplay with at least 1 wicket.
Metric Definition
Balls bowled per wicket taken in powerplay overs.
Canonical Resource
players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/pp-bowling-strike-rate
Top 10 — Best powerplay bowling strike rate
| Rank | Player | Team | Balls/wkt (PP) | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJ Tye | Seattle Orcas, Washington Freedom | 7.5 | 30 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 2 | A Desai | Seattle Orcas | 9.0 | 18 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 3 | R Shepherd | MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns | 9.0 | 18 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 4 | K Rabada | MI New York | 9.6 | 48 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 5 | T Luus | MI New York | 10.0 | 30 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 6 | AF Milne | Texas Super Kings | 11.0 | 66 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 7 | WD Parnell | Seattle Orcas | 12.0 | 36 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 8 | Rashid Khan | MI New York | 13.0 | 78 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 9 | Jasdeep Singh | MI New York, Seattle Orcas, Washington Freedom | 13.5 | 54 legal deliveries in powerplay |
| 10 | AJ Hosein | Texas Super Kings, Washington Freedom | 14.0 | 84 legal deliveries in powerplay |
Full leaderboard (60 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 18 legal deliveries in the powerplay with at least 1 wicket.
- Metric definition: Balls bowled per wicket taken in powerplay overs.
- 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