Ray Matters
Bowling – Third-Change Bowler
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Barkly Street Uniting Cricket Club · Essendon Veterans Cricket Club Inc · Iona Over 60
Overall
Needs Work
5/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
0/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
53/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 5 matches (+0.8)
- ● Body of work — 6 imported matches (+0.1)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 9.5 over 6 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
high
Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball
3 of 5 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 18.0.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.46.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 0 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 53 × 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 5). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 5 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 0 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 6 matches — 0.00 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 6 innings at 9.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 5 wickets in 6 matches — 0.83 per match at 18.0, economy 3.46, strike rate 31.2.
Fielding — imported matches (6)
0
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
0
Total dismissals
0
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
49
Runs (6 inns)
9.53
Avg (adj)
49.49
Strike rate
16
High score
1
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
5
Wickets (26 ov)
3.46
Economy
18
Average
3
Maidens
0.27
Extras / over
31.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 6 imported |
| Batting | 49 runs in 6 inns @ 9.53 (SR 49.49) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 16, 0 ducks |
| Bowling | 5 wkts @ 18 (econ 3.46, SR 31.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-26 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 0 ct, 0 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.
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 16* | 8.4 | 44.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 21 | 1 | 84 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 31.5 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1.2 | 30 |
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