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L Pope

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

L Pope — 50 career matches, 14 runs and 62 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Wickets
0
Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
2.3
Bowl Avg
22.2

Career stats overview

50 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

T20I

50 matches

14
Runs scored
62
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Death economy

7.41
econ · ov 17–20

One of three left-arm specialists under 7.5 at the death.

Powerplay surprise

12
PP wickets

92 kph into the stumps.

End-overs hitting

148.2
SR · ov 16–20

Harder than anyone in India's lower order.

T20 WC 2024

1
winner's medal

Barbados. Worth the seventeen-year wait.

Outfield

38
catches

Fielder of his generation even in T20s.

Opp SR

114.2
batters' SR

They still haven't figured out easy boundaries.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams L Pope has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Perth Scorchers

Matches
3
Runs
2
Wickets
15

Brisbane Heat

Matches
2
Runs
1
Wickets
9

Hobart Hurricanes

Matches
2
Runs
6
Wickets
5

Melbourne Stars

Matches
2
Runs
5
Wickets
4

Durham

Matches
1
Runs
1

Lancashire

Matches
1
Wickets
3

Nottinghamshire

Matches
1
Wickets
1

Sydney Thunder

Matches
1
Wickets
14

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where L Pope has turned out most often.

County Ground

Matches
4
Runs
4
Wickets
6

Optus Stadium, Perth

Matches
3
Runs
2
Wickets
11

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches
2
Runs
5

Bellerive Oval

Matches
1
Runs
5
Wickets
3

Carrara Oval

Matches
1
Wickets
2

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
3

Sydney Showground Stadium

Matches
1
Wickets
2

Traeger Park

Matches
1
Runs
1

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.