Zahid Desai

Bowling – Second-Change Bowler TAS Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Glenorchy Cricket Club · St Virgil's Cricket Club · Summerleas Eagles Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
21/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
58/100

Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 143 imported matches (+2.9)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 53.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 9% of 50+ scores become hundreds (10 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

Strengths

How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 21 × 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 19). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 19 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 40 catches + 3 run outs (2 direct, 1 assisted) in 143 matches — 0.30 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 131 innings at 21.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
70 wickets in 56 matches bowled in (of 143 played) — 0.49 per match at 22.1, economy 4.43, strike rate 29.9.

Fielding — imported matches (143)

40
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.29
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
44
Total dismissals
0.31
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

2548
Runs (131 inns)
21.23
Avg (adj)
53.64
Strike rate
124
High score
12
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

70
Wickets (349.2 ov)
4.43
Economy
22.09
Average
35
Maidens
0.34
Extras / over
29.9
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 143 imported
Batting 2548 runs in 131 inns @ 21.23 (SR 53.64)
Milestones 1×100, 10×50, HS 124, 11 ducks
Bowling 70 wkts @ 22.09 (econ 4.43, SR 29.9)
Best / 5WI 4-37 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 41 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 44 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.29
Catches / match
0.31
Dismissals / match

Across 143 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 13 1 260 70* 21.54 60.47 1 0
2024/25 5 0 56 34 11.2 36.6 0 0
2023/24 7 1 71 33* 11.59 45.81 0 0
2022/23 4 2 127 82* 47.63 80.38 1 0
2021/22 12 0 231 90 19.25 55.8 1 0
2020/21 6 0 137 54 22.83 103.79 1 0
2019/20 3 1 61 38* 27.11 84.72 0 0
2018/19 3 0 136 71 45.33 1360 2 0
2017/18 14 0 414 124 29.57 272.37 1 1
2016/17 15 3 250 67 20 — 2 0
2015/16 18 2 377 59 23.27 — 1 0
2014/15 5 0 79 45 15.8 — 0 0
2013/14 10 0 123 40 12.3 — 0 0
2012/13 13 2 207 46* 18.37 — 0 0
2011/12 3 0 19 15 6.33 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2025/26 63 4 292 13 22.46 4.63 29.1
2024/25 48 5 182 10 18.2 3.79 28.8
2023/24 53 5 242 6 40.33 4.57 53
2022/23 19 1 93 6 15.5 4.89 19
2021/22 70 15 244 16 15.25 3.49 26.3
2020/21 48 0 254 6 42.33 5.29 48
2019/20 15 2 56 3 18.67 3.73 30
2018/19 4.7 0 28 0 — 6 —
2017/18 25.2 3 131 8 16.38 5.21 18.9
2016/17 1 0 2 0 — 2 —
2015/16 0.3 0 4 1 4 12 2
2014/15 2 0 18 1 18 9 12

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 3 0 1 0 4
2024/25 3 0 0 0 3
2023/24 1 0 0 0 1
2022/23 2 0 0 0 2
2021/22 2 0 0 0 2
2020/21 1 0 0 0 1
2019/20 2 0 0 0 2
2018/19 1 0 0 0 1
2017/18 8 0 0 0 8
2016/17 5 1 0 0 6
2015/16 5 0 0 0 5
2014/15 1 0 0 0 1
2013/14 3 0 1 0 4
2012/13 2 0 1 0 3
2011/12 1 0 0 0 1
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