Vijay Lather
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 33 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
Going at 6.45 an over. Tighten the stock ball: hit a consistent length, cut out the 4-ball (short and wide / overpitched on the pads).
Only 0.03 catches per match over 33 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.
8 of 10 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.
Out for 0 in 19% 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 16.9.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 16 balls.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 3 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 62 × 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 29). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 29 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 1 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 33 matches — 0.03 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 21 innings at 18.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 42 wickets in 32 matches bowled in (of 33 played) — 1.31 per match at 16.9, economy 6.45, strike rate 15.7.
Fielding — imported matches (33)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 33 imported |
| Batting | 250 runs in 21 inns @ 18.14 (SR 81.32) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 54, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 42 wkts @ 16.9 (econ 6.45, SR 15.7) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-20 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 1 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 1 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 33 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 | 4 | 117 | 54 | 16.38 | 95.9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 9 | 5 | 97 | 31* | 16.77 | 144.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9* | 9 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27* | 27 | 142.11 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 49 | 0 | 295 | 17 | 17.35 | 6.02 | 17.3 |
| 2024/25 | 59 | 0 | 400 | 25 | 16 | 6.78 | 14.2 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 7.5 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Vijay compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.