Nilantha Thillekarathna
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 26 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 39.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
16 of 22 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 21% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (6 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
0.73 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.01.
- ✓ Safe hands — 19 catches in 26 matches (0.73 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 35 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 50 × 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 12). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 12 matches since 28 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 19 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 26 matches — 0.73 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 24 innings at 28.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 23 wickets in 16 matches bowled in (of 26 played) — 1.44 per match at 19.3, economy 3.01, strike rate 38.3.
Fielding — imported matches (26)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 26 imported |
| Batting | 626 runs in 24 inns @ 28.26 (SR 39.37) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 6×50, HS 78, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 23 wkts @ 19.26 (econ 3.01, SR 38.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-47 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 19 ct, 0 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 19 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 26 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 9 | 0 | 173 | 60 | 19.22 | 39.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 1 | 195 | 66 | 46.8 | — | 3 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 1 | 190 | 78 | 84.44 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 10.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 18 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 42 | 5 | 158 | 6 | 26.33 | 3.76 | 42 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 18 |
| 2021/22 | 13 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 3.08 | 19.5 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 33 | 5.5 | 36 |
| 2019/20 | 45 | 23 | 75 | 6 | 12.5 | 1.67 | 45 |
| 2018/19 | 38 | 10 | 116 | 5 | 23.2 | 3.05 | 45.6 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021/22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How does Nilantha compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.