Josh Lawless (17)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U17 (2025/26)
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Diamond Valley Cricket Association - Representative Cricket · North Eltham Wanderers Cricket Club · Ivanhoe Cricket Club · Eltham Cricket Club · Marcellin College
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2008
(inferred from U17 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2024/25 (ages out of U16 after this)
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
106 off 73
U16 Blue · 2023/24 · 8×4, 5×6
· SR 145
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 41 balls (SR 122), then 50 to 100 in just 26 (SR 192) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
62 of 106 runs (58%) in boundaries · 37% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 12 balls · SR 167
brisk
20→40
· 17 balls · SR 118
steady
40→50
· 12 balls · SR 83
watchful
50→60
· 5 balls · SR 200
rapid
60→80
· 8 balls · SR 250
explosive
80→100
· 13 balls · SR 154
brisk
Overall
Needs Work
11/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
20/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
51/100
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 11 matches (+1.6)
- ● Body of work — 55 imported matches (+1.1)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 13.1 over 40 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 19 catches in 55 matches (0.35 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 20 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 51 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.47 for the level played (Rep Div 1 11 · Club 20). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 31 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 19 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 55 matches — 0.36 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 40 innings at 13.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 39 wickets in 47 matches bowled in (of 55 played) — 0.83 per match at 21.7, economy 4.14, strike rate 31.5.
Fielding — imported matches (55)
19
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.35
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
20
Total dismissals
0.36
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
447
Runs (40 inns)
13.13
Avg (adj)
82.07
Strike rate
106
High score
7
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
39
Wickets (204.5 ov)
4.14
Economy
21.69
Average
19
Maidens
0.35
Extras / over
31.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 55 imported |
| Batting | 447 runs in 40 inns @ 13.13 (SR 82.07) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 0×50, HS 106, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 39 wkts @ 21.69 (econ 4.14, SR 31.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-30 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 19 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 20 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.35
Catches / match
0.36
Dismissals / match
Across 55 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 | 21 | 5 | 158 | 37 | 9.32 | 64.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 9 | 0 | 176 | 106 | 19.56 | 110 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 7.81 | 78.13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 30 | 15.5 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 32 | 20.5 | 89.13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16* | 16 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 110 | 14 | 473 | 20 | 23.65 | 4.3 | 33 |
| 2023/24 | 56.5 | 4 | 213 | 15 | 14.2 | 3.77 | 22.6 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 0 | — | 5 | — |
| 2021/22 | 14 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 19 | 4.07 | 28 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | — | 4.6 | — |
| 2019/20 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 3.57 | 42 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 3.33 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
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