Zaakir Essop
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 59 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 6.9 over 45 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
22 of 43 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Out for 0 in 18% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 30 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 45 × 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 20). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 20 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 17 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 59 matches — 0.31 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 45 innings at 6.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 65 wickets in 54 matches bowled in (of 59 played) — 1.20 per match at 24.0, economy 4.17, strike rate 34.6.
Fielding — imported matches (59)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 59 imported |
| Batting | 297 runs in 45 inns @ 6.89 (SR 7.69) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 33, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 65 wkts @ 24 (econ 4.17, SR 34.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-12 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 17 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 18 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 59 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 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8* | 6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 26 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 3.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 4.64 | 253.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 3.88 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 27 | 17.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 33 | 17.75 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 15.7 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 18.33 | 3.51 | 31.3 |
| 2025/26 | 34.2 | 0 | 192 | 9 | 21.33 | 5.62 | 22.8 |
| 2024/25 | 56 | 0 | 295 | 7 | 42.14 | 5.27 | 48 |
| 2023/24 | 100.3 | 5 | 329 | 18 | 18.28 | 3.28 | 33.4 |
| 2022/23 | 69 | 5 | 261 | 7 | 37.29 | 3.78 | 59.1 |
| 2021/22 | 22 | 2 | 91 | 2 | 45.5 | 4.14 | 66 |
| 2020/21 | 33.8 | 6 | 116 | 8 | 14.5 | 3.43 | 25.4 |
| 2019/20 | 4.7 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 18 | 7.71 | 14 |
| 2018/19 | 24.8 | 4 | 105 | 5 | 21 | 4.23 | 29.8 |
| 2017/18 | 14 | 0 | 80 | 4 | 20 | 5.71 | 21 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Zaakir compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.