🥈 William Birchley (20)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 5 matches (+0.8)
- ● Body of work — 16 imported matches (+0.3)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 52.8 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.13 catches per match over 16 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.8.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.87.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 0 × 40% · Batting 40 × 30% · Bowling 54 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.56 for the level played (Rep Div 1 5 · Club 11). 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: 2 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 16 matches — 0.12 per match.
- Batting
- 198 runs in 14 innings, adjusted average 19.2, strike rate 52.8. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 13 wickets in 12 matches bowled in (of 16 played) — 1.08 per match at 16.8, economy 2.87, strike rate 35.1.
Fielding — imported matches (16)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 16 imported |
| Batting | 198 runs in 14 inns @ 19.19 (SR 52.8) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 52, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 13 wkts @ 16.77 (econ 2.87, SR 35.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-12 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 2 ct, 0 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 2 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 16 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 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 64.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 14* | 18.75 | 67.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 4 | 3 | 105 | 52* | 45.94 | 76.64 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 9* | 6.25 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 8.67 | 26.8 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 45 | 5 | 161 | 7 | 23 | 3.58 | 38.6 |
| 2018/19 | 19 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 19.5 | 2.05 | 57 |
| 2017/18 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 18 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does William compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.