Mustafa Poonawala
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 48 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 11.6 over 43 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
22 of 38 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Only 0.10 catches per match over 48 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.
Out for 0 in 26% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 7 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). 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 12). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 12 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 4 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 48 matches — 0.10 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 43 innings at 11.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 32 wickets from 134.5 overs across 30 matches bowled in (of 48 played) — 1.07 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (48)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 48 imported |
| Batting | 445 runs in 43 inns @ 11.55 (SR 57.32) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 45, 11 ducks |
| Bowling | 32 wkts @ 19.88 (econ 4.73, SR 25.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-32 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 ct, 1 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 6 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 48 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 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 8 | 0 | 130 | 45 | 16.25 | 265.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 6 | 0 | 75 | 32 | 12.5 | 535.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 1 | 80 | 31 | 11.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 2 | 67 | 26* | 12.31 | 71.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 4.8 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 30* | 11.52 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 17 | 1 | 91 | 5 | 18.2 | 5.35 | 20.4 |
| 2024/25 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 0 | — | 7.83 | — |
| 2023/24 | 24 | 1 | 113 | 5 | 22.6 | 4.71 | 28.8 |
| 2022/23 | 23 | 0 | 119 | 6 | 19.83 | 5.17 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 15 | 0 | 65 | 0 | — | 4.33 | — |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 4.2 | 10 |
| 2016/17 | 8.7 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 33 | 3.81 | 52 |
| 2015/16 | 35.8 | 4 | 147 | 12 | 12.25 | 4.1 | 17.9 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Mustafa compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.