Don Jayakody
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
NSW
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Competitions
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Jordan Springs Cricket Club · Castle Hill RSL Cricket Club · Sydney Lions Sports Cricket Club · Box Hill Bears Sports Club Incorporated
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
101 off 113
Senior Mixed C3 Grade · 2023/24 · 15×4, 2×6
· SR 89
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 74 balls (SR 68), then 50 to 100 in just 38 (SR 132) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
72 of 101 runs (71%) in boundaries · 63% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 57 balls · SR 35
watchful
20→40
· 10 balls · SR 200
rapid
40→50
· 7 balls · SR 143
brisk
50→60
· 9 balls · SR 111
steady
60→80
· 15 balls · SR 133
brisk
80→100
· 14 balls · SR 143
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Overall
Needs Work
10/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
41/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
72/100
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 6 matches (+0.9)
- ● Body of work — 86 imported matches (+1.7)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 61.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
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.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.1.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.51.
- ✓ Safe hands — 33 catches in 86 matches (0.38 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 41 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 72 × 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 40). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 40 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 33 catches + 2 run outs (1 direct, 1 assisted) in 86 matches — 0.41 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 70 innings at 17.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 126 wickets in 83 matches bowled in (of 86 played) — 1.52 per match at 15.1, economy 3.51, strike rate 25.8.
Fielding — imported matches (86)
33
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.38
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
35
Total dismissals
0.41
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
976
Runs (70 inns)
17.13
Avg (adj)
61.01
Strike rate
101
High score
16
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
126
Wickets (542.3 ov)
3.51
Economy
15.1
Average
56
Maidens
0.05
Extras / over
25.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 86 imported |
| Batting | 976 runs in 70 inns @ 17.13 (SR 61.01) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 3×50, HS 101, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 126 wkts @ 15.1 (econ 3.51, SR 25.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-24 · 5 five-fors |
| Fielding | 33 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 35 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.38
Catches / match
0.41
Dismissals / match
Across 86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 18 | 12.19 | 156 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 22 | 4 | 341 | 70 | 18.32 | 66.34 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 11 | 2 | 142 | 40* | 15.26 | 617.39 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 18 | 5 | 238 | 101 | 16.9 | 123.96 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 15 | 4 | 216 | 50 | 18.24 | — | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 34 | 1 | 150 | 7 | 21.43 | 4.41 | 29.1 |
| 2025/26 | 191.3 | 22 | 711 | 52 | 13.67 | 3.72 | 22.1 |
| 2024/25 | 117 | 15 | 326 | 37 | 8.81 | 2.79 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | 77 | 8 | 290 | 11 | 26.36 | 3.77 | 42 |
| 2022/23 | 123 | 10 | 426 | 19 | 22.42 | 3.46 | 38.8 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025/26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023/24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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