Janaka Balasuriya

Fielding – Wicketkeeper-Batter ACT Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Canberra Cricket Championship (inactive) · Indian Australian Multicultural Sports Association · Lions Cricket Canberra · Eastlake Cricket Club · Winter Cricket Cup
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Overall Needs Work
16/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Proficient
46/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data

Representative pathway — 15 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 33 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 22 matches (+3.3)
  • ● Body of work — 88 imported matches (+1.8)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 61.2 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 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (6 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

info Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon

0.61 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.

Strengths

  • ✓ Safe hands — 54 catches in 88 matches (0.61 per match), a genuine selection asset.
  • ✓ Sharp glovework — 15 stumpings.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 46 × 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
×0.36 for the level played (2nd grade 2 · 3rd grade 40 · Club 33 · 4th grade 12 · 5th grade and below 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
Fielding
Keeping: 49 catches + 15 stumpings + 4 run outs (4 direct, 0 assisted) in 88 matches — 0.77 dismissals per match.
Batting
Not rated: 87 innings at 17.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
Not rated: 3 wickets from 7.2 overs across 3 matches bowled in (of 88 played) — 0.03 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.

Fielding — imported matches (88)

5
Ct (field)
49
Ct (WK)
0.61
Catches / match
4
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
15
Stumpings
73
Total dismissals
0.83
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

1486
Runs (87 inns)
17.67
Avg (adj)
61.18
Strike rate
86
High score
3
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

3
Wickets (7.2 ov)
6.98
Economy
16.67
Average
0
Maidens
0.42
Extras / over
14.3
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 88 imported
Batting 1486 runs in 87 inns @ 17.67 (SR 61.18)
Milestones 0×100, 6×50, HS 86, 7 ducks
Bowling 3 wkts @ 16.67 (econ 6.98, SR 14.3)
Best / 5WI 1-0 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 54 ct, 4 RO, 15 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 73 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.61
Catches / match
0.83
Dismissals / match

Across 88 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
2021/22 10 0 146 35 14.6 105.04 0 0
2020/21 16 0 242 53 15.13 58.31 1 0
2019/20 20 2 409 86 22.5 131.09 1 0
2018/19 24 1 404 83 17.53 434.41 2 0
2017/18 17 0 285 69 16.76 — 2 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2019/20 3 0 25 1 25 8.33 18
2018/19 4 0 25 1 25 6.25 24
2017/18 0.2 0 0 1 0 0 1

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2021/22 1 0 2 0 3
2020/21 2 10 1 4 17
2019/20 1 14 1 6 22
2018/19 0 6 0 2 8
2017/18 1 19 0 3 23
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