Namal Balasooriya
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 43 imported matches (+0.9)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 10.3 over 42 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Only 0.12 catches per match over 43 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 17% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 25 balls.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 11 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 60 × 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 34). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 34 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 5 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 43 matches — 0.12 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 42 innings at 10.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 30 wickets in 34 matches bowled in (of 43 played) — 0.88 per match at 19.0, economy 4.57, strike rate 25.0.
Fielding — imported matches (43)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 43 imported |
| Batting | 344 runs in 42 inns @ 10.34 (SR 33.17) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 46, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 30 wkts @ 19.03 (econ 4.57, SR 25) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-10 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 43 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 | 5 | 2 | 66 | 46* | 18.48 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 26 | 3 | 177 | 36* | 7.59 | 23.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 2 | 63 | 30* | 17.64 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 21* | 11.84 | 42.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 17 | 1 | 95 | 6 | 15.83 | 5.59 | 17 |
| 2025/26 | 55.2 | 5 | 254 | 15 | 16.93 | 4.6 | 22.1 |
| 2024/25 | 17 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 23.33 | 4.12 | 34 |
| 2023/24 | 28.7 | 0 | 117 | 6 | 19.5 | 4.08 | 28.7 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 0 | — | 5 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Namal compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.