Neal Smith
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 28 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 13.2 over 19 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
8 of 15 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 21% 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 17.5.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 47 × 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 19). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 19 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 8 catches + 5 run outs (3 direct, 2 assisted) in 28 matches — 0.46 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 19 innings at 13.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 29 wickets in 25 matches bowled in (of 28 played) — 1.16 per match at 17.5, economy 3.96, strike rate 26.5.
Fielding — imported matches (28)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 28 imported |
| Batting | 207 runs in 19 inns @ 13.19 (SR 111.29) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 29, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 29 wkts @ 17.48 (econ 3.96, SR 26.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-33 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 5 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 13 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 13 | 4 | 190 | 29 | 19.11 | 121.02 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 3.4 | 106.25 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 4.3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | — | 3.23 | — |
| 2025/26 | 65.7 | 10 | 283 | 17 | 16.65 | 4.31 | 23.2 |
| 2024/25 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 3.56 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 49 | 5 | 178 | 10 | 17.8 | 3.63 | 29.4 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
How does Neal compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.