Ryan Burl — a one-match cameo for the Bolts

One match in Match 21

Ryan Burl has played one match for Janakpur Bolts in NPL Season 3 — Match 21 against Sudurpaschim Royals, in which he made 8 and bowled a single over. It was his first appearance of the season.

All-rounder. He came into the side for the Royals game on Tuesday 10 November, the Bolts’ sixth match of the season, and he was given a chance with both bat and ball in the same evening.

The match was a low-scoring one. Sudurpaschim Royals made 120 for 9 in their 20 overs — Brandon McMullen top-scored with 33 — and Janakpur were bowled out for 93 in 19.5 overs, losing by 27 runs. Scott Kuggeleijn was named Player of the Match for 3 for 13, and Harmeet Singh took 4 for 17 for the Bolts. Burl’s evening sat inside that collapse: he was bowled by Airee for 8 off 14 balls, with one four, as the chase fell apart around him.

With the ball he sent down a single over, which cost 15 runs and brought no wicket — the most expensive over of his short evening, and the only over he bowled all season. One match, two disciplines, and neither half of it went his way: the bat produced a start that never became an innings, and the ball produced an over he would want back.

Season 3 in numbers

One match, 8 runs, no wickets. Ryan Burl’s Season 3 numbers fit on a single line — and the line is a reminder that a one-match sample says almost nothing about a player.

Season 3 figures cover every completed match through Match 21 (the abandoned Match 7 produced no play), compiled from the published match scorecards and updated 10 November 2026.

He faced 14 balls for his 8 runs — a strike rate of 57.1, the slowest scoring of any Janakpur batter in Match 21 — and his one over went for 15. There is no average to quote with the ball, because he took no wicket, and no pattern to read into a single evening. The numbers are a record of one game, not a verdict on the player.

Match by match

Every innings and every spell, in match order. An asterisk means not out. Full scores for every game are on the NPL Results page.

What the numbers mean

What the numbers do say is that Burl was trusted in both disciplines on his first appearance — he batted in the middle order and was given the ball, which is not how a side uses a passenger. What they cannot say is whether the trust was repaid: 8 off 14 is a start that needed another ten balls to become an innings, and one over for 15 is an over that needed a second to put right. In a game Janakpur lost by 27 runs, both halves of his evening sit inside the margin of the defeat.

Whether he keeps his place for the last league match is for the Bolts to decide. Janakpur have one game left, against Chitwan Rhinos on Friday 13 November, and it is a straight shootout for the playoff race. A player picked for both bat and ball has made a case for a second chance; the scorecard from his first chance has not made it for him.

Where the Bolts stand

Janakpur Bolts sit fifth in the NPL points table on 4 points from six matches — two wins, four defeats, net run rate −0.303. One league match remains: Chitwan Rhinos on Friday 13 November at 4:30 PM NST (3:45 PM PKT, 10:45 AM UTC) at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. It is a straight shootout — the winner stays in the playoff race and the loser is out. Chitwan sit one place above Janakpur on 5 points, so a Bolts win takes them past the Rhinos, and leaves Chitwan needing to beat Karnali Yaks on Sunday to stay alive themselves.

The playoffs follow the league stage: Qualifier 1 on Tuesday 17 November, the Eliminator on Wednesday 18 November, Qualifier 2 on Thursday 19 November and the final on Saturday 21 November, all at 4:30 PM NST at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur.