Sam (Herath) Dissanayake
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 2 matches (+0.3)
- ● Body of work — 61 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 7.0 over 33 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
11 of 21 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Only 0.07 catches per match over 61 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Out for 0 in 18% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.9.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 7 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 61 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 40). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 40 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 4 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 61 matches — 0.07 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 33 innings at 7.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 90 wickets in 56 matches bowled in (of 61 played) — 1.61 per match at 17.9, economy 3.85, strike rate 28.0.
Fielding — imported matches (61)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 61 imported |
| Batting | 169 runs in 33 inns @ 6.98 (SR 37.79) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 38, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 90 wkts @ 17.94 (econ 3.85, SR 28) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-18 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 4 ct, 0 RO, 0 st |
Further analysis
Batting form
Running not-out-adjusted average across innings (chronological).
Score distribution
How often each scoring band is reached — a read on consistency.
Scoring tempo
Runs vs balls faced per innings; line = a strike rate of 100.
Bowling form
Economy per spell (chronological) with the career economy as a baseline.
Wicket accumulation
Cumulative wickets across spells — the shape of their wicket-taking.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 4 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 61 imported match(es).
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 9.67 | 90.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 19 | 5 | 75 | 28 | 4.99 | 67.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 38* | 10.25 | 1366.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3* | 2.22 | 15.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 9.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 31.3 | 4 | 133 | 4 | 33.25 | 4.24 | 47 |
| 2025/26 | 173.7 | 29 | 619 | 41 | 15.1 | 3.56 | 25.4 |
| 2024/25 | 90 | 10 | 409 | 16 | 25.56 | 4.54 | 33.8 |
| 2023/24 | 95.5 | 9 | 335 | 20 | 16.75 | 3.51 | 28.7 |
| 2022/23 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 9.75 | 3.9 | 15 |
| 2021/22 | 13 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 20.67 | 4.77 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 4 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Sam (Herath) compare?
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