Balaji Irusappan
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 51 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 8.3 over 44 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
18 of 34 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.
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 15.6.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.33.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 12 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 58 × 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 7). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 7 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 15 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 51 matches — 0.29 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 44 innings at 8.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 86 wickets in 50 matches bowled in (of 51 played) — 1.72 per match at 15.6, economy 3.33, strike rate 28.0.
Fielding — imported matches (51)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 51 imported |
| Batting | 299 runs in 44 inns @ 8.34 (SR 53.18) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 49, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 86 wkts @ 15.58 (econ 3.33, SR 28) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-49 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 15 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 15 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 9 | 5 | 64 | 21* | 11.06 | 48.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 11 | 0 | 48 | 17 | 4.36 | 47.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 10 | 3 | 79 | 29 | 10.27 | 84.95 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 10 | 0 | 104 | 49 | 10.4 | 72.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 65 | 5 | 307 | 14 | 21.93 | 4.72 | 27.9 |
| 2023/24 | 104.7 | 23 | 394 | 18 | 21.89 | 3.76 | 34.9 |
| 2022/23 | 107 | 16 | 311 | 28 | 11.11 | 2.91 | 22.9 |
| 2021/22 | 92 | 32 | 197 | 14 | 14.07 | 2.14 | 39.4 |
| 2020/21 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 11.25 | 5.63 | 12 |
| 2019/20 | 20 | 0 | 78 | 7 | 11.14 | 3.9 | 17.1 |
| 2018/19 | 5.3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1.5 | 32 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
How does Balaji compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.