Rajitha Mendis
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 46 imported matches (+0.9)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 14.4 over 39 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Only 0.13 catches per match over 46 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.
26 of 32 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.
Out for 0 in 13% 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 15.1.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.51.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 30 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 55 × 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 46). 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
- Outfield: 6 catches + 4 run outs (4 direct, 0 assisted) in 46 matches — 0.22 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 39 innings at 14.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 98 wickets in 45 matches bowled in (of 46 played) — 2.18 per match at 15.1, economy 2.51, strike rate 36.1.
Fielding — imported matches (46)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 46 imported |
| Batting | 476 runs in 39 inns @ 14.4 (SR 81.48) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 3×50, HS 64, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 98 wkts @ 15.08 (econ 2.51, SR 36.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-27 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 ct, 4 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 10 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 52 | 21.5 | 103.61 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 70.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 9.33 | 140 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 21 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 26 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 10 | 2 | 156 | 64 | 18.72 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 9 | 2 | 80 | 39* | 10.86 | 615.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 10 | 3 | 50 | 17 | 6.5 | 156.25 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57 | 7 | 169 | 7 | 24.14 | 2.96 | 48.9 |
| 2021/22 | 18 | 2 | 71 | 4 | 17.75 | 3.94 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 23.5 | 2 | 78 | 6 | 13 | 3.32 | 23.5 |
| 2019/20 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 0 | — | 4.25 | — |
| 2018/19 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 38 | 5.43 | 42 |
| 2015/16 | 142.8 | 44 | 331 | 22 | 15.05 | 2.32 | 39 |
| 2014/15 | 179 | 66 | 335 | 29 | 11.55 | 1.87 | 37 |
| 2013/14 | 154.7 | 36 | 422 | 29 | 14.55 | 2.73 | 32 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015/16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
How does Rajitha compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.