Damon Sykes (18)
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 38 balls (SR 132), then 50 to 100 in just 23 (SR 217) — more than double the tempo.
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 32 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 60.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Out for 0 in 17% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.34 keeping dismissals (WK catches + stumpings) per match. Work standing-up takes and leg-side stumpings — the fastest way for a keeper to add value.
Strengths
- ✓ Reliable in the field — contributes a dismissal every second match.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 42 × 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 15). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 15 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Keeping: 7 catches + 4 stumpings + 6 run outs (2 direct, 4 assisted) in 32 matches — 0.53 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 29 innings at 16.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 2 wickets from 5.7 overs across 3 matches bowled in (of 32 played) — 0.06 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (32)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 32 imported |
| Batting | 451 runs in 29 inns @ 16.62 (SR 60) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 1×50, HS 101, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 2 wkts @ 3.5 (econ 1.24, SR 17) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-0 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 10 ct, 6 RO, 4 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 20 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 32 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 | 13 | 1 | 107 | 24 | 8.86 | 53.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4.5 | 31.03 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 14 | 1 | 335 | 101* | 25.64 | 178.19 | 1 | 1 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 5.7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 1.24 | 17 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
How does Damon compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.