Kai Lucas-Smith (17)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 51 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 7.1 over 25 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Out for 0 in 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.24 dismissals per match across 51 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 13 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 36 × 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 19). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 19 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 10 catches + 2 run outs (0 direct, 2 assisted) in 51 matches — 0.24 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 25 innings at 7.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 40 wickets in 47 matches bowled in (of 51 played) — 0.85 per match at 18.5, economy 4.01, strike rate 27.6.
Fielding — imported matches (51)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 51 imported |
| Batting | 144 runs in 25 inns @ 7.14 (SR 68.27) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 31, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 40 wkts @ 18.45 (econ 4.01, SR 27.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-12 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 10 ct, 2 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 12 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 51 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 | 1 | 60 | 31* | 14.4 | 64.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6* | 2.33 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2.33 | 53.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 14 | 2 | 70 | 24* | 5.71 | 76.09 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 24 | 1 | 97 | 1 | 97 | 4.04 | 144 |
| 2024/25 | 51.7 | 7 | 198 | 12 | 16.5 | 3.83 | 25.8 |
| 2023/24 | 62 | 8 | 221 | 17 | 13 | 3.56 | 21.9 |
| 2022/23 | 46.5 | 3 | 222 | 10 | 22.2 | 4.77 | 27.9 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
How does Kai compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.