Upul Bandara

All-Rounder – Bowling VIC Balanced scorer
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Competitions
Registered with: Melbourne Blues Sports Club · Deer Park Cricket Club · Thunders Sports Club
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Overall Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
10/100
Batting Proficient
64/100
Bowling Proficient
42/100

Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 63 imported matches (+1.3)

Critical recommendations

high Fielding
Catching return too low for selection

Only 0.06 catches per match over 63 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.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

Strengths

  • ✓ Scores quickly (SR 98.0) without sacrificing consistency.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 10 × 40% · Batting 64 × 30% · Bowling 42 × 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 30 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 4 catches + 3 run outs (1 direct, 2 assisted) in 63 matches — 0.11 per match.
Batting
1,078 runs in 49 innings, adjusted average 25.6, strike rate 98.0. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
48 wickets in 55 matches bowled in (of 63 played) — 0.87 per match at 30.8, economy 4.81, strike rate 38.5.

Fielding — imported matches (63)

4
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.06
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
7
Total dismissals
0.11
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

1078
Runs (49 inns)
25.59
Avg (adj)
97.98
Strike rate
89
High score
8
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

48
Wickets (307.7 ov)
4.81
Economy
30.81
Average
25
Maidens
0.32
Extras / over
38.5
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 63 imported
Batting 1078 runs in 49 inns @ 25.59 (SR 97.98)
Milestones 0×100, 5×50, HS 89, 3 ducks
Bowling 48 wkts @ 30.81 (econ 4.81, SR 38.5)
Best / 5WI 3-12 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 4 ct, 3 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.06
Catches / match
0.11
Dismissals / match

Across 63 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 29 4 803 89 31.51 113.74 4 0
2024/25 11 1 138 47 13.69 112.2 0 0
2023/24 9 3 137 67 20.3 100 1 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 8 0 67 2 33.5 8.38 24
2025/26 97.7 2 585 21 27.86 5.99 27.9
2024/25 111 11 468 20 23.4 4.22 33.3
2023/24 91 12 359 5 71.8 3.95 109.2

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 2 0 1 0 3
2024/25 2 0 1 0 3
2023/24 0 0 1 0 1
Pathway benchmark

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