Manimaran Balakrishnan
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 42 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 12.3 over 43 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Only 0.12 catches per match over 42 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Out for 0 in 14% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.4.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.68.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 14 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 55 × 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 6). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 6 matches since 30 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 5 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 42 matches — 0.14 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 43 innings at 12.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 52 wickets in 38 matches bowled in (of 42 played) — 1.37 per match at 16.4, economy 3.68, strike rate 26.8.
Fielding — imported matches (42)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 42 imported |
| Batting | 463 runs in 43 inns @ 12.27 (SR 57.21) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 44, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 52 wkts @ 16.42 (econ 3.68, SR 26.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-21 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 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 6 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 12 | 1 | 144 | 37 | 13 | 1600 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 122 | 44 | 20.33 | 115.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 8.44 | 52.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 7 | 0 | 85 | 30 | 12.14 | 303.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 11 | 2 | 65 | 26 | 6.98 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9* | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 69.5 | 7 | 260 | 23 | 11.3 | 3.74 | 18.1 |
| 2023/24 | 21.7 | 3 | 83 | 4 | 20.75 | 3.83 | 32.5 |
| 2022/23 | 23.8 | 2 | 93 | 5 | 18.6 | 3.9 | 28.6 |
| 2021/22 | 54.8 | 8 | 166 | 7 | 23.71 | 3.03 | 47 |
| 2020/21 | 55 | 8 | 227 | 12 | 18.92 | 4.13 | 27.5 |
| 2016/17 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 3.57 | 42 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
How does Manimaran compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.