Tharan Balachander (18)
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 7 matches (+1.1)
- ● Body of work — 48 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 58.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Out for 0 in 10% 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 (4 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
0.21 dismissals per match across 48 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 15 × 40% · Batting 52 × 30% · 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
- ×0.29 for the level played (Club 4 · 4th grade 7). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 11 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 9 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 48 matches — 0.21 per match.
- Batting
- 677 runs in 38 innings, adjusted average 20.2, strike rate 58.0. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 3 wickets from 24.0 overs across 6 matches bowled in (of 48 played) — 0.06 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (48)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 48 imported |
| Batting | 677 runs in 38 inns @ 20.16 (SR 57.99) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 93, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 3 wkts @ 41 (econ 5.13, SR 48) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-19 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 9 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 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 9 | 2 | 252 | 58 | 34.22 | 70.59 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3.5 | 31.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 21 | 3 | 355 | 93* | 19.32 | 57.35 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 19 | 10.2 | 45.13 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 14 | 1 | 75 | 2 | 37.5 | 5.36 | 42 |
| 2022/23 | 10 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 48 | 4.8 | 60 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How does Tharan compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.