🏅 Laura Croft (34)

★ Div 1 Rep Bowling – Second-Change Bowler U19 (2010/11) VIC Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Country XI · Subiaco-Floreat Cricket Club · Monash University Cricket Club · Victoria · Dandenong Cricket Club · VIC Country
Age: Born on/after 1 Sep 1991 (inferred from U19 eligibility, 2010/11 season)
Green Shield: 0 season(s) played · last GS year 2007/08 (ages out of U16 after this)
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Overall Advance
59/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Proficient
46/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Advance
59/100

Representative pathway — 44 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● State representation (+12)
  • ● Division 1 representative (+4)
  • ● National championships — 21 matches (+14.0)
  • ● Premier or state pathway — 153 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Body of work — 184 imported matches (+3.7)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 55.3 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

62 of 124 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.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 14% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (7 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

Strengths

  • ✓ Safe hands — 72 catches in 184 matches (0.39 per match), a genuine selection asset.
  • ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 24 run outs.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 46 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 59 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.76 for the level played (National competition 21 · State competition 21 · 1st grade 120 · 2nd grade 12 · Club 10). 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: 72 catches + 24 run outs (24 direct, 0 assisted) in 184 matches — 0.52 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 156 innings at 16.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
122 wickets in 129 matches bowled in (of 184 played) — 0.95 per match at 19.0, economy 3.82, strike rate 29.8.

Fielding — imported matches (184)

72
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.39
Catches / match
24
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
96
Total dismissals
0.52
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

2135
Runs (156 inns)
16.49
Avg (adj)
55.32
Strike rate
90
High score
32
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

122
Wickets (606 ov)
3.82
Economy
18.96
Average
47
Maidens
0.29
Extras / over
29.8
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 184 imported
Batting 2135 runs in 156 inns @ 16.49 (SR 55.32)
Milestones 0×100, 7×50, HS 90, 21 ducks
Bowling 122 wkts @ 18.96 (econ 3.82, SR 29.8)
Best / 5WI 5-20 · 1 five-fors
Fielding 72 ct, 24 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 96 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.39
Catches / match
0.52
Dismissals / match

Across 184 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 6 0 83 72 13.83 110.67 1 0
2021/22 4 1 146 77 45.63 104.29 2 0
2020/21 11 3 250 90* 28.93 82.78 2 0
2018/19 4 0 40 28 10 68.97 0 0
2017/18 14 5 216 56* 20.94 240 1 0
2016/17 17 2 101 15* 6.64 65.58 0 0
2015/16 13 3 99 21 9.37 54.4 0 0
2013/14 14 2 165 36 13.47 71.12 0 0
2012/13 19 4 341 59* 21.73 66.99 1 0
2011/12 14 1 148 42* 11.33 78.31 0 0
2010/11 14 4 224 48* 20.57 40.73 0 0
2009/10 17 4 223 47* 16.2 47.65 0 0
2008/09 8 3 82 16 14.09 29.93 0 0
2007/08 1 0 17 17 17 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2022/23 41.2 1 169 9 18.78 4.11 27.4
2020/21 17 2 80 3 26.67 4.71 34
2018/19 3 0 15 0 — 5 —
2017/18 4 0 21 0 — 5.25 —
2016/17 44.5 2 174 8 21.75 3.91 33.4
2015/16 73.8 1 345 11 31.36 4.67 40.3
2013/14 74.2 8 241 20 12.05 3.25 22.3
2012/13 116.3 13 393 22 17.86 3.38 31.7
2011/12 50 3 225 7 32.14 4.5 42.9
2010/11 88 10 257 23 11.17 2.92 23
2009/10 41 2 162 12 13.5 3.95 20.5
2008/09 49 4 219 7 31.29 4.47 42
2007/08 4 1 12 0 — 3 —

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2022/23 3 0 0 0 3
2021/22 1 0 0 0 1
2020/21 4 0 0 0 4
2017/18 4 0 4 0 8
2016/17 6 0 2 0 8
2015/16 11 0 2 0 13
2013/14 8 0 4 0 12
2012/13 9 0 2 0 11
2011/12 2 0 3 0 5
2010/11 11 0 2 0 13
2009/10 8 0 3 0 11
2008/09 5 0 2 0 7
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