Viraj Pushpakumara
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 4 matches (+0.6)
- ● Body of work — 46 imported matches (+0.9)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 53.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (4 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Economy of 2.89 is excellent but a wicket every 47 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.89.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 41 × 40% · Batting 43 × 30% · Bowling 41 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.37 for the level played (Rep Div 1 4 · Club 42). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 15 catches + 4 run outs (4 direct, 0 assisted) in 46 matches — 0.41 per match.
- Batting
- 816 runs in 43 innings, adjusted average 24.3, strike rate 53.4. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 62 wickets in 46 matches — 1.35 per match at 22.5, economy 2.89, strike rate 46.7.
Fielding — imported matches (46)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 46 imported |
| Batting | 816 runs in 43 inns @ 24.27 (SR 53.38) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 74, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 62 wkts @ 22.52 (econ 2.89, SR 46.7) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-63 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 15 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 19 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13 | 4 | 195 | 54 | 19.62 | 39.96 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 18 | 5 | 373 | 74* | 26.48 | 63.33 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 1 | 58 | 23 | 25.78 | 44.27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 9 | 2 | 190 | 68* | 25.8 | 103.26 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 194 | 50 | 549 | 26 | 21.12 | 2.83 | 44.8 |
| 2021/22 | 169.2 | 39 | 479 | 17 | 28.18 | 2.83 | 59.7 |
| 2020/21 | 23 | 3 | 82 | 2 | 41 | 3.57 | 69 |
| 2019/20 | 96.5 | 12 | 286 | 17 | 16.82 | 2.96 | 34.1 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Viraj compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.