Praful Rai
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 2 matches (+0.3)
- ● Body of work — 59 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 14.9 over 44 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Only 0.10 catches per match over 59 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 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.3.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 10 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 66 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.29 for the level played (Club 25 · 5th grade and below 2). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 27 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 5 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 59 matches — 0.10 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 44 innings at 14.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 54 wickets in 43 matches bowled in (of 59 played) — 1.26 per match at 16.3, economy 3.87, strike rate 25.3.
Fielding — imported matches (59)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 59 imported |
| Batting | 567 runs in 44 inns @ 14.94 (SR 68.3) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 45, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 54 wkts @ 16.33 (econ 3.87, SR 25.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-21 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 59 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 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 86.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 10 | 0 | 182 | 41 | 18.2 | 104 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 1 | 68 | 25 | 9.56 | 62.39 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 12 | 2 | 157 | 45 | 15.26 | 64.61 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 8 | 2 | 92 | 35 | 14.38 | 64.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 11.25 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 0.2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 30 | — |
| 2025/26 | 64.7 | 1 | 324 | 20 | 16.2 | 5.01 | 19.4 |
| 2024/25 | 92.7 | 12 | 268 | 17 | 15.76 | 2.89 | 32.7 |
| 2023/24 | 28 | 2 | 111 | 9 | 12.33 | 3.96 | 18.7 |
| 2022/23 | 24.5 | 5 | 86 | 8 | 10.75 | 3.51 | 18.4 |
| 2021/22 | 1.8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 6.55 | — |
| 2020/21 | 13 | 1 | 63 | 0 | — | 4.85 | — |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 4.33 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Praful compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.