Palani Veerappan
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
NSW
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
NSW Masters Cricket - Representative Teams · Parramatta District Cricket Association - Rep Teams · Parramatta Cheetahs Cricket Club · Port Jackson Masters Cricket · Georges River Cricket Club · Burwood Briars Cricket Club · Rooty Hill RSL Cricket Club · Rising Tigers Sports Club · Lane Cove Cricket Club · Strathfield Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
25/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
48/100
Representative pathway — 5 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 5 matches (+2.0)
- ● Regional representative — 9 matches (+1.3)
- ● Body of work — 70 imported matches (+1.4)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 5.2 over 48 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 19% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 25 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 48 × 30%. 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 (Rep Div 1 5 · Club 33). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 38 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 20 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 70 matches — 0.30 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 48 innings at 5.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 64 wickets in 58 matches bowled in (of 70 played) — 1.10 per match at 19.9, economy 3.83, strike rate 31.2.
Fielding — imported matches (70)
20
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.29
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
21
Total dismissals
0.3
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
177
Runs (48 inns)
5.15
Avg (adj)
31.6
Strike rate
26
High score
19
Not outs
11
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
64
Wickets (332.3 ov)
3.83
Economy
19.89
Average
54
Maidens
0.17
Extras / over
31.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 70 imported |
| Batting | 177 runs in 48 inns @ 5.15 (SR 31.6) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 26, 9 ducks |
| Bowling | 64 wkts @ 19.89 (econ 3.83, SR 31.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-17 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 20 ct, 1 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 21 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.29
Catches / match
0.3
Dismissals / match
Across 70 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 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1.68 | 16.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 14 | 5 | 75 | 26 | 7.27 | 55.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 14* | 5.62 | 25.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 11* | 6.36 | 48.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5* | 5 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 33 | 5 | 137 | 3 | 45.67 | 4.15 | 66 |
| 2025/26 | 110 | 18 | 462 | 19 | 24.32 | 4.2 | 34.7 |
| 2024/25 | 91.7 | 11 | 403 | 20 | 20.15 | 4.4 | 27.5 |
| 2023/24 | 67 | 17 | 174 | 12 | 14.5 | 2.6 | 33.5 |
| 2020/21 | 8.7 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 2.31 | 52 |
| 2019/20 | 22 | 2 | 77 | 9 | 8.56 | 3.5 | 14.7 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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