Shay McLaren (28)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U14 (2011/12)
WA
Anchor / accumulator
📈 Journey
📊 Rankings
🎥 Video
2
Merge duplicate records
Search for this player's other accounts and combine them into one player. Records that share a match can never be merged.
Or search manually:
No players found — check the spelling, or try part of the name.
Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Capel Cricket Club · Donnybrook Cricket Club (WA) · Bunbury & Districts Cricket Association · Rising Stars · Colts Cricket Club (Bunbury) · Preston Valley Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1997
(inferred from U14 eligibility, 2011/12 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2013/14 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
17/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
68/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 1 match (+0.1)
- ● Body of work — 35 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 14.4 over 35 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
high
Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball
13 of 26 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.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 10.9.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.16.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 21 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 17 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 68 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.32 for the level played (Rep Div 1 2 · Club 33). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 10 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 35 matches — 0.31 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 35 innings at 14.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 37 wickets in 34 matches bowled in (of 35 played) — 1.09 per match at 10.9, economy 3.16, strike rate 20.8.
Fielding — imported matches (35)
10
Ct (field)
2
Ct (WK)
0.34
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
13
Total dismissals
0.37
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
401
Runs (35 inns)
14.4
Avg (adj)
62.89
Strike rate
57
High score
9
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
37
Wickets (128 ov)
3.16
Economy
10.92
Average
17
Maidens
0.38
Extras / over
20.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 35 imported |
| Batting | 401 runs in 35 inns @ 14.4 (SR 62.89) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 57, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 37 wkts @ 10.92 (econ 3.16, SR 20.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-10 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 12 ct, 1 RO, 0 st |
All figures from imported scorecards only.
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
0.34
Catches / match
0.37
Dismissals / match
Across 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 7.68 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 71.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 12 | 2 | 211 | 57* | 20.51 | 113.44 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 21 | 17.25 | 47.42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 5 | 1 | 60 | 33 | 14.4 | 50.42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 5.6 | 33.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 21* | 16.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 24 | 2 | 111 | 10 | 11.1 | 4.63 | 14.4 |
| 2013/14 | 45 | 4 | 154 | 10 | 15.4 | 3.42 | 27 |
| 2012/13 | 16 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 48 |
| 2011/12 | 17 | 5 | 41 | 10 | 4.1 | 2.41 | 10.2 |
| 2010/11 | 20 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 1.75 | 24 |
| 2009/10 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | 5.6 | — |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010/11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008/09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Shay compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.