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SA Okpe, Men's T20I

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Bowling to them: where to attack

Middle (7-15): strike rate of 92.0, 10.2 below their strike rate of 102.2 on all balls faced (-10%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the bottom 16% of comparable players (their median change: -3%) — 501 balls faced.
Sample: 501 balls · high confidence
Batting first: average of 14.2, 1.5 below their average of 15.7 on all balls faced (-10%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the bottom 23% of comparable players (their median change: +2%) — 570 balls faced.
Sample: 570 balls · high confidence
Death (16-20): average of 12.2, 3.5 below their average of 15.7 on all balls faced (-22%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the bottom 25% of comparable players (their median change: -9%) — 300 balls faced.
Sample: 300 balls · medium confidence
Slow left-arm orthodox: strike rate of 74.1, 28.1 below their strike rate of 102.2 on all balls faced (-27%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the bottom 7% of comparable players (their median change: -3%) — 166 balls faced.
Sample: 166 balls · low confidence
Settling in (balls 16-40): balls per dismissal of 11, 5 below their balls per dismissal of 15 on all balls faced (-30%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the bottom 16% of comparable players (their median change: -6%) — 194 balls faced.
Sample: 194 balls · low confidence
Slow left-arm orthodox: average of 11.2, 4.5 below their average of 15.7 on all balls faced (-29%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the bottom 17% of comparable players (their median change: -1%) — 166 balls faced.
Sample: 166 balls · low confidence

Bowling to them: what to avoid

Middle (7-15): average of 20.0, 4.4 above their average of 15.7 on all balls faced (+28%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 16% of comparable players (their median change: +4%) — 501 balls faced.
Sample: 501 balls · high confidence
Chasing: average of 19.6, 3.9 above their average of 15.7 on all balls faced (+25%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 13% of comparable players (their median change: -3%) — 259 balls faced.
Sample: 259 balls · medium confidence
Right-arm medium: strike rate of 114.8, 12.6 above their strike rate of 102.2 on all balls faced (+12%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 23% of comparable players (their median change: +2%) — 169 balls faced.
Sample: 169 balls · low confidence

Batting against them: where they leak

Powerplay (1-6): economy of 7.08, 1.11 above their economy of 5.96 on all balls bowled (+19%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the bottom 2% of comparable players (their median change: -2%) — 240 balls bowled.
Sample: 240 balls · low confidence
Left-handed batters: average of 33.2, 13.8 above their average of 19.5 on all balls bowled (+71%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the bottom 6% of comparable players (their median change: +3%) — 258 balls bowled.
Sample: 258 balls · low confidence

Batting against them: where they are strongest

Right-handed batters: average of 16.9, 2.5 below their average of 19.5 on all balls bowled (-13%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 5% of comparable players (their median change: +0%) — 964 balls bowled.
Sample: 964 balls · high confidence
Middle (7-15): economy of 5.58, 0.38 below their economy of 5.96 on all balls bowled (-6%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 17% of comparable players (their median change: -2%) — 1074 balls bowled.
Sample: 1,074 balls · high confidence

Their batting against each bowling type and phase

Bowling type
Bowling type	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
Right-arm medium	169	194	10	19.40	114.79	42.0%	13.6%
Slow left-arm orthodox	166	123	11	11.18	74.10	53.6%	5.4%
Off break	128	112	5	22.40	87.50	43.0%	5.5%
Right-arm fast-medium	83	100	8	12.50	120.48	37.3%	14.5%
Leg break	74	62	4	15.50	83.78	43.2%	5.4%

Phase
Phase	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
Middle (7-15)	501	461	23	20.04	92.02	45.9%	8.4%
Death (16-20)	300	366	30	12.20

Their bowling by batter hand and phase

Batter
Batter	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Balls/wkt	Dot %	4s+6s %
Right-handed batters	964	931	55	16.93	5.79	17.5	45.0%	9.0%
Left-handed batters	258	266	8	33.25	6.19	32.3	40.7%	9.3%

Phase
Phase	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Balls/wkt	Dot %	4s+6s %
Middle (7-15)	1,074	999	50	19.98	5.58	21.5	41.9%	7.1%
Powerplay (1-6)	240	283	12	23.58	7.08	20.0	52.5%	16.7%