Varun Nadesh

Bowling – Second-Change Bowler TAS Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Burnie Hurricanes Cricket Club · Launceston Cricket Club · Cressy Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
10/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Advance
56/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
51/100

Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 127 imported matches (+2.5)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 60.2 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

medium Batting
Too many aerial dismissals

77 of 102 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 14% of 50+ scores become hundreds (6 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

info Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon

0.46 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.80.
  • ✓ Safe hands — 59 catches in 127 matches (0.46 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 56 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 51 × 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 38). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 38 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 58 catches + 2 run outs (0 direct, 2 assisted) in 127 matches — 0.47 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 115 innings at 18.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
137 wickets in 108 matches bowled in (of 127 played) — 1.27 per match at 19.1, economy 3.80, strike rate 30.1.

Fielding — imported matches (127)

58
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.46
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
61
Total dismissals
0.48
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

1889
Runs (115 inns)
18.28
Avg (adj)
60.17
Strike rate
102
High score
13
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

137
Wickets (687.3 ov)
3.8
Economy
19.06
Average
87
Maidens
0.14
Extras / over
30.1
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 127 imported
Batting 1889 runs in 115 inns @ 18.28 (SR 60.17)
Milestones 1×100, 6×50, HS 102, 7 ducks
Bowling 137 wkts @ 19.06 (econ 3.8, SR 30.1)
Best / 5WI 5-9 · 2 five-fors
Fielding 59 ct, 2 RO, 0 st
All figures from imported scorecards only.

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 61 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.46
Catches / match
0.48
Dismissals / match

Across 127 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
2025/26 10 2 161 74 19.32 48.35 1 0
2024/25 17 1 127 38 7.91 49.42 0 0
2023/24 26 4 367 64 16.29 63.49 1 0
2022/23 17 0 281 49 16.53 65.05 0 0
2020/21 3 1 31 31 13.78 67.39 0 0
2019/20 9 1 221 102 27.28 163.7 1 1
2018/19 14 3 245 43 21.25 235.58 0 0
2017/18 18 1 414 78 24.28 — 3 0
2016/17 1 0 42 42 42 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2025/26 78 7 312 8 39 4 58.5
2024/25 178.3 28 603 35 17.23 3.38 30.6
2023/24 107 15 435 23 18.91 4.07 27.9
2022/23 47.3 8 183 9 20.33 3.87 31.6
2020/21 16.7 3 49 4 12.25 2.94 25
2019/20 55.2 4 208 12 17.33 3.77 27.6
2018/19 73.2 5 344 21 16.38 4.7 20.9
2017/18 113 14 423 21 20.14 3.74 32.3
2016/17 18.7 3 54 4 13.5 2.89 28

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 3 0 0 0 3
2024/25 20 0 1 0 21
2023/24 13 0 0 0 13
2022/23 7 0 1 0 8
2019/20 2 0 0 0 2
2018/19 4 0 0 0 4
2017/18 8 1 0 0 9
2016/17 1 0 0 0 1
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