Ishan Gunawardena
Representative pathway — 7 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 16 matches (+6.4)
- ● Body of work — 53 imported matches (+1.1)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 53.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.11 catches per match over 53 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 17% 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 16.3.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.39.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 16 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 63 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.31 for the level played (2nd grade 1 · 3rd grade 7 · Club 37 · 4th grade 8). 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: 6 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 53 matches — 0.13 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 46 innings at 16.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 33 wickets in 35 matches bowled in (of 53 played) — 0.94 per match at 16.3, economy 3.39, strike rate 28.8.
Fielding — imported matches (53)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 53 imported |
| Batting | 651 runs in 46 inns @ 16.31 (SR 53.54) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 75, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 33 wkts @ 16.27 (econ 3.39, SR 28.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-1 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8 | 1 | 78 | 42 | 10.97 | 159.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 7 | 2 | 151 | 47* | 27.73 | 67.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 0 | 90 | 42 | 15 | 90.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 10 | 1 | 134 | 75 | 14.74 | 84.28 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 46 | 25.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 12.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6* | 6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 35* | 21.88 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 33* | 11.04 | 766.67 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 24.5 | 2 | 108 | 3 | 36 | 4.41 | 49 |
| 2021/22 | 28.7 | 8 | 47 | 15 | 3.13 | 1.64 | 11.5 |
| 2019/20 | 42.2 | 4 | 173 | 7 | 24.71 | 4.1 | 36.1 |
| 2017/18 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 0 | — | 2.5 | — |
| 2015/16 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 11.5 | 3.83 | 18 |
| 2014/15 | 12 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 45 | 3.75 | 72 |
| 2013/14 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 0 | — | 2.5 | — |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 18 |
| 2011/12 | 24 | 1 | 81 | 4 | 20.25 | 3.38 | 36 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011/12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
How does Ishan compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.