Player profiles

Role clarity is the cheapest, most useful read in cricket analysis. The same headline run total can mean different things for a top-order anchor, a middle-order consolidator or a death-overs aggressor. Reading the role tells you what the runs are worth.

• 1Batting slot

  Slot one and two see powerplay conditions and the new ball. Slot four and five face death overs and spin. Reading the slot reads the role.

• 2Bowling phase

  Powerplay, middle overs, death overs — three different jobs in the same XI. The phase a bowler owns is more predictive than the wickets total.

• 3Fielding role

  Catches and run-outs add up over a contest. Inner ring saves runs, boundary ring saves boundaries. We tag both.

• 4Workload

  Format rotation, mid-series rest and impact-player slots alter weekly workload. We track overs and balls faced over the last thirty days.

• 5Matchup

  Same role, different matchup. Left-right wrist-spin, off-pace seam, pace-off cutters — the venue cue tells us which matchup rewards which player.

A simple running total over the last thirty days: overs bowled, balls faced, catches taken, and the format rotation. We update at the end of every match day.