Dinesh Kumar Velsam
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 48 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 11.3 over 34 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
12 of 21 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Out for 0 in 15% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.88 is excellent but a wicket every 41 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 22 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 35 × 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 22). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 22 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 12 catches + 4 run outs (3 direct, 1 assisted) in 48 matches — 0.33 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 34 innings at 11.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 34 wickets in 43 matches bowled in (of 48 played) — 0.79 per match at 26.5, economy 3.88, strike rate 41.0.
Fielding — imported matches (48)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 48 imported |
| Batting | 277 runs in 34 inns @ 11.26 (SR 61.82) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 34, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 34 wkts @ 26.53 (econ 3.88, SR 41) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-40 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 12 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 16 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 48 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 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 8* | 4.38 | 74.07 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 2 | 65 | 23 | 10.16 | 118.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 13 | 4 | 135 | 22* | 13.58 | 117.39 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 34* | 13.68 | 247.83 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 58 | 4 | 258 | 8 | 32.25 | 4.45 | 43.5 |
| 2024/25 | 69 | 9 | 269 | 11 | 24.45 | 3.9 | 37.6 |
| 2023/24 | 83.5 | 7 | 307 | 11 | 27.91 | 3.68 | 45.5 |
| 2022/23 | 22 | 2 | 68 | 4 | 17 | 3.09 | 33 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
How does Dinesh Kumar compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.