Rico du Plessis
Representative pathway — 14 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 67 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 12 matches (+1.8)
- ● Body of work — 85 imported matches (+1.7)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 64.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Out for 0 in 10% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (12 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Economy of 3.65 is excellent but a wicket every 50 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Bowling average (30.5) beats batting average (24.2) — selection case is as a bowling all-rounder; protect bowling workload first.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 15 × 40% · Batting 53 × 30% · Bowling 33 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.65 for the level played (1st grade 61 · 2nd grade 18 · Club 6). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 23 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 85 matches — 0.27 per match.
- Batting
- 1,956 runs in 88 innings, adjusted average 24.3, strike rate 64.6. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 57 wickets in 72 matches bowled in (of 85 played) — 0.79 per match at 30.5, economy 3.65, strike rate 50.1.
Fielding — imported matches (85)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 85 imported |
| Batting | 1956 runs in 88 inns @ 24.25 (SR 64.55) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 12×50, HS 93, 9 ducks |
| Bowling | 57 wkts @ 30.47 (econ 3.65, SR 50.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-19 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 23 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 23 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 45 | 33.33 | 120.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 2 | 109 | 77* | 54.5 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 12 | 1 | 217 | 52 | 19.59 | 59.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 14 | 1 | 317 | 52 | 24.26 | 77.7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 18 | 1 | 331 | 66 | 19.41 | 65.03 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 18 | 0 | 540 | 80 | 30 | 63.16 | 5 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 11 | 1 | 158 | 39* | 15.67 | 45.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 10 | 2 | 184 | 93 | 22.08 | 76.99 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 28 | 8 | 77 | 1 | 77 | 2.75 | 168 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 4.33 | 18 |
| 2017/18 | 76 | 12 | 290 | 11 | 26.36 | 3.82 | 41.5 |
| 2016/17 | 119.5 | 12 | 409 | 14 | 29.21 | 3.42 | 51.2 |
| 2015/16 | 76.7 | 13 | 258 | 7 | 36.86 | 3.37 | 65.7 |
| 2014/15 | 72 | 4 | 287 | 11 | 26.09 | 3.99 | 39.3 |
| 2013/14 | 51.5 | 4 | 192 | 4 | 48 | 3.73 | 77.3 |
| 2012/13 | 46.2 | 3 | 198 | 7 | 28.29 | 4.29 | 39.6 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015/16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Rico compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.