Thenuka Perera (23)
★ Div 1 Rep
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U18 (2020/21)
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Melbourne Renegades Champions League Club · Melbourne High School Old Boys Cricket Club · Footscray Cricket Club · Chelsea Cricket Club · Fountain Gate Cricket Club · Donvale Cricket Club · Narre Warren Cricket Club · Berwick Strikers C C · Lynbrook Cricket Club · Dandenong Cricket Club · Clayton District Cricket Club · Moorabbin Cricket Club · Nunawading Cricket Club · Oakleigh Cricket Club · Carlton Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2002
(inferred from U18 eligibility, 2020/21 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2018/19 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
11/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
15/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
54/100
Representative pathway — 12 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 13 matches (+5.2)
- ● Body of work — 123 imported matches (+2.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 5.0 over 69 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
high
Fielding
Catching return too low for selection
Only 0.13 catches per match over 123 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.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 22% 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 15 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 54 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.35 for the level played (2nd grade 3 · 3rd grade 10 · Club 27). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 40 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 16 catches + 6 run outs (3 direct, 3 assisted) in 123 matches — 0.18 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 69 innings at 5.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 110 wickets in 116 matches bowled in (of 123 played) — 0.95 per match at 25.1, economy 4.84, strike rate 31.1.
Fielding — imported matches (123)
16
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.13
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
3
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
22
Total dismissals
0.18
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
262
Runs (69 inns)
4.95
Avg (adj)
35.67
Strike rate
22
High score
21
Not outs
10
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
110
Wickets (569.5 ov)
4.84
Economy
25.08
Average
40
Maidens
0.53
Extras / over
31.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 123 imported |
| Batting | 262 runs in 69 inns @ 4.95 (SR 35.67) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 22, 15 ducks |
| Bowling | 110 wkts @ 25.08 (econ 4.84, SR 31.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 8-48 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 16 ct, 6 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 22 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.13
Catches / match
0.18
Dismissals / match
Across 123 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 17 | 4 | 75 | 12* | 5.45 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 11 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 3.55 | 36.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 12 | 4 | 42 | 10* | 4.67 | 38.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 22* | 21.11 | 1900 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 5.6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4.2 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5* | 2.24 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4* | 3.75 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 18 | 4 | 69 | 3 | 23 | 3.83 | 36 |
| 2025/26 | 187.8 | 12 | 922 | 45 | 20.49 | 4.91 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 114 | 11 | 556 | 18 | 30.89 | 4.88 | 38 |
| 2023/24 | 85.7 | 4 | 454 | 15 | 30.27 | 5.3 | 34.3 |
| 2022/23 | 15 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 64 | 4.27 | 90 |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
| 2020/21 | 46 | 1 | 222 | 11 | 20.18 | 4.83 | 25.1 |
| 2018/19 | 25 | 0 | 136 | 2 | 68 | 5.44 | 75 |
| 2017/18 | 34 | 2 | 157 | 7 | 22.43 | 4.62 | 29.1 |
| 2016/17 | 10 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 60 | 6 | 60 |
| 2015/16 | 22 | 3 | 82 | 4 | 20.5 | 3.73 | 33 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 4 | — |
| 2013/14 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4.67 | 2.8 | 10 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
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