Naveen Bandara
Bowling – Opening Bowler
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Ceylon Strikers (SA) · Gepps Cross Cricket Club · Pashtun Association of SA · Adelaide Lions CC · Ceylon Tuskers · International Cricketers Club SA · Daddy Cool
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
30/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
50/100
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 78 imported matches (+1.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Bowling
Economy under pressure
Going at 6.91 an over. Tighten the stock ball: hit a consistent length, cut out the 4-ball (short and wide / overpitched on the pads).
Strengths
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 19 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 30 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 50 × 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 26). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 26 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 17 catches + 6 run outs (5 direct, 1 assisted) in 78 matches — 0.29 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 56 innings at 18.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 59 wickets in 65 matches bowled in (of 78 played) — 0.91 per match at 21.8, economy 6.91, strike rate 18.9.
Fielding — imported matches (78)
17
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.22
Catches / match
5
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
23
Total dismissals
0.29
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
778
Runs (56 inns)
18.36
Avg (adj)
106.82
Strike rate
43
High score
18
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
59
Wickets (186.3 ov)
6.91
Economy
21.83
Average
2
Maidens
0.48
Extras / over
18.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 78 imported |
| Batting | 778 runs in 56 inns @ 18.36 (SR 106.82) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 43, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 59 wkts @ 21.83 (econ 6.91, SR 18.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-4 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 17 ct, 6 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 23 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.22
Catches / match
0.29
Dismissals / match
Across 78 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 | 12 | 4 | 111 | 25 | 12.33 | 100.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 12 | 6 | 150 | 43* | 18.75 | 140.19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 9 | 3 | 125 | 38 | 18.52 | 143.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 8 | 1 | 139 | 39 | 19.55 | 117.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 1 | 103 | 37 | 32.19 | 153.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 39 | 13.61 | 98.59 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 2 | 80 | 41* | 22.4 | 111.11 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 29 | 1 | 230 | 10 | 23 | 7.93 | 17.4 |
| 2024/25 | 45 | 0 | 341 | 13 | 26.23 | 7.58 | 20.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41 | 1 | 243 | 14 | 17.36 | 5.93 | 17.6 |
| 2022/23 | 22.5 | 0 | 130 | 11 | 11.82 | 5.78 | 12.3 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 29 | 9.67 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 21 | 0 | 178 | 2 | 89 | 8.48 | 63 |
| 2018/19 | 21.8 | 0 | 108 | 7 | 15.43 | 4.95 | 18.7 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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