Nuwan Costa
Bowling – Opening Bowler
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Competitions
Registered with:
United Tarneit Sports Club · AYC Harlequins Cricket Club · Eastfield Cricket Club · Melbourne Lions Sports Club · Harmony in Cricket · Burwood District Cricket Club · Keysborough Cricket Club · East Box Hill Cricket Club · Coomoora Cricket Club · Eastern Maroons Cricket Club · Springvale Cricket Club · Victorian Cavaliers Sports Club · Ferntree Gully Footballers Cricket Club · Southern Warriors Cricket Club (VIC) · EMC Sports Club · Melbourne Lankans Cricket Club · Mulgrave Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
6/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
13/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
51/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 68 imported matches (+1.4)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 8.3 over 32 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 19% 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.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 25 balls.
- ✓ Safe hands — 26 catches in 68 matches (0.38 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 13 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 51 × 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 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 25 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 68 matches — 0.38 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 32 innings at 8.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 76 wickets in 59 matches bowled in (of 68 played) — 1.29 per match at 16.4, economy 3.95, strike rate 24.9.
Fielding — imported matches (68)
25
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.38
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
27
Total dismissals
0.4
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
184
Runs (32 inns)
8.27
Avg (adj)
64.34
Strike rate
25
High score
14
Not outs
10
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
76
Wickets (315.7 ov)
3.95
Economy
16.41
Average
45
Maidens
0.17
Extras / over
24.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 68 imported |
| Batting | 184 runs in 32 inns @ 8.27 (SR 64.34) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 25, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 76 wkts @ 16.41 (econ 3.95, SR 24.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-10 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 26 ct, 1 RO, 0 st |
All figures from imported scorecards only.
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 27 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.38
Catches / match
0.4
Dismissals / match
Across 68 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 | 1 | 19 | 19* | 19 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 25 | 12.48 | 59.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 86.96 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 1.11 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 4.44 | 320 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10* | 8.89 | 533.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11* | 7.5 | 285.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1* | 0.89 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 11.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 11.33 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | 67.8 | 14 | 212 | 12 | 17.67 | 3.13 | 33.9 |
| 2023/24 | 55 | 5 | 267 | 18 | 14.83 | 4.85 | 18.3 |
| 2022/23 | 69.8 | 8 | 301 | 12 | 25.08 | 4.31 | 34.9 |
| 2021/22 | 33 | 4 | 138 | 7 | 19.71 | 4.18 | 28.3 |
| 2020/21 | 14 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 5.67 | 2.43 | 14 |
| 2018/19 | 33 | 5 | 127 | 11 | 11.55 | 3.85 | 18 |
| 2017/18 | 12 | 0 | 68 | 3 | 22.67 | 5.67 | 24 |
| 2016/17 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 1.62 | 26 |
| 2013/14 | 15 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 30 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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