Nipun Koliyabandara
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 20 imported matches (+0.4)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 58.1 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
9 of 12 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 13% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.73 is excellent but a wicket every 41 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
0.15 dismissals per match across 20 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.73.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 11 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 55 × 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 16). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 16 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 3 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 20 matches — 0.15 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 15 innings at 15.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 16 wickets in 19 matches bowled in (of 20 played) — 0.84 per match at 25.7, economy 3.73, strike rate 41.3.
Fielding — imported matches (20)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 20 imported |
| Batting | 195 runs in 15 inns @ 15.6 (SR 58.08) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 52, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 16 wkts @ 25.69 (econ 3.73, SR 41.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-16 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 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 3 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 20 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 | 5 | 0 | 97 | 52 | 19.4 | 73.48 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 6 | 3 | 74 | 25* | 18.5 | 113.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 51.43 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 26.8 | 1 | 107 | 3 | 35.67 | 3.99 | 53.7 |
| 2025/26 | 42.8 | 4 | 125 | 9 | 13.89 | 2.92 | 28.6 |
| 2024/25 | 31 | 4 | 143 | 4 | 35.75 | 4.61 | 46.5 |
| 2023/24 | 9.5 | 1 | 36 | 0 | — | 3.79 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Nipun compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.