Kunaratnam Balendra
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 54 imported matches (+1.1)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 8.8 over 51 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Out for 0 in 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.45 is excellent but a wicket every 40 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 41 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 4). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 4 matches since 28 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 18 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 54 matches — 0.33 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 51 innings at 8.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 45 wickets from 304.0 overs across 49 matches bowled in (of 54 played) — 0.92 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (54)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 54 imported |
| Batting | 368 runs in 51 inns @ 8.77 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 39, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 45 wkts @ 23.29 (econ 3.45, SR 40.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-35 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 18 ct, 0 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 18 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 54 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 | 9 | 0 | 68 | 39 | 7.56 | 850 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 18.75 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 12 | 7 | 100 | 28* | 13.19 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 11 | 2 | 64 | 18 | 6.88 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 10 | 1 | 91 | 28 | 10.01 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 2.86 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 30 | 3 | 126 | 6 | 21 | 4.2 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 9.7 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 3.1 | 58 |
| 2022/23 | 84.3 | 11 | 259 | 14 | 18.5 | 3.07 | 36.1 |
| 2021/22 | 46 | 11 | 193 | 5 | 38.6 | 4.2 | 55.2 |
| 2020/21 | 52 | 0 | 202 | 6 | 33.67 | 3.88 | 52 |
| 2019/20 | 82 | 9 | 238 | 13 | 18.31 | 2.9 | 37.8 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
How does Kunaratnam compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.