Kandage Anju Tharaka Kumara Perera
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 40 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 11.4 over 27 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Only 0.13 catches per match over 40 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.
18 of 25 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 33% 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 14.5.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.72.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 23 balls.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 6 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 69 × 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 13). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 13 matches since 2 Nov 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 40 matches — 0.15 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 27 innings at 11.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 67 wickets in 35 matches bowled in (of 40 played) — 1.91 per match at 14.5, economy 3.72, strike rate 23.4.
Fielding — imported matches (40)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 40 imported |
| Batting | 287 runs in 27 inns @ 11.42 (SR 73.73) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 53, 9 ducks |
| Bowling | 67 wkts @ 14.51 (econ 3.72, SR 23.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-39 · 4 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 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 6 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 40 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 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 36 | 9.8 | 62.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 94 | 33 | 15.67 | 83.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 37 | 20 | 116.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 53 | 14.75 | 93.65 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9* | 4.38 | 31.82 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 73.8 | 13 | 292 | 22 | 13.27 | 3.95 | 20.1 |
| 2024/25 | 17.8 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 8.75 | 1.96 | 26.8 |
| 2023/24 | 65 | 8 | 270 | 17 | 15.88 | 4.15 | 22.9 |
| 2022/23 | 29 | 6 | 101 | 10 | 10.1 | 3.48 | 17.4 |
| 2021/22 | 26.7 | 3 | 109 | 9 | 12.11 | 4.09 | 17.8 |
| 2020/21 | 15 | 5 | 37 | 0 | — | 2.47 | — |
| 2019/20 | 34 | 4 | 128 | 5 | 25.6 | 3.76 | 40.8 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Kandage compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.