Rakesh Akula (16)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 52 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 55.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
13 of 26 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.
1.0 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
Out for 0 in 11% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.17 dismissals per match across 52 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 19 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 27 × 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 52). 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: 8 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 52 matches — 0.17 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 47 innings at 16.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 21 wickets in 45 matches bowled in (of 52 played) — 0.47 per match at 20.1, economy 3.86, strike rate 31.2.
Fielding — imported matches (52)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 52 imported |
| Batting | 523 runs in 47 inns @ 16.1 (SR 55.48) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 50, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 21 wkts @ 20.1 (econ 3.86, SR 31.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-5 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 1 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 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 52 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 | 16 | 8 | 245 | 50* | 22.97 | 68.06 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 22 | 8 | 210 | 26 | 13.02 | 77.49 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 14* | 11.33 | 56.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 8* | 5.67 | 45.95 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 48 | 9 | 185 | 4 | 46.25 | 3.85 | 72 |
| 2020/21 | 42.3 | 2 | 174 | 14 | 12.43 | 4.11 | 18.1 |
| 2019/20 | 13 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 39 |
| 2018/19 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1.83 | 36 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
How does Rakesh compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.