Matthew Claydon

Bowling – Opening Bowler NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Hornsby District Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
19/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Advance
66/100

Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 81 imported matches (+1.6)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 8.6 over 57 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

18 of 34 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.

high Fielding
Catching return too low for selection

Only 0.11 catches per match over 81 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.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 32% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

Strengths

  • ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.2.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.99.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 19 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 66 × 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 20). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 20 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 9 catches + 3 run outs (2 direct, 1 assisted) in 81 matches — 0.15 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 57 innings at 8.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
98 wickets in 74 matches bowled in (of 81 played) — 1.32 per match at 15.2, economy 2.99, strike rate 30.5.

Fielding — imported matches (81)

9
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.11
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
12
Total dismissals
0.15
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

348
Runs (57 inns)
8.57
Avg (adj)
36.8
Strike rate
35
High score
23
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

98
Wickets (498.2 ov)
2.99
Economy
15.18
Average
108
Maidens
0.05
Extras / over
30.5
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 81 imported
Batting 348 runs in 57 inns @ 8.57 (SR 36.8)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 35, 18 ducks
Bowling 98 wkts @ 15.18 (econ 2.99, SR 30.5)
Best / 5WI 5-15 · 1 five-fors
Fielding 9 ct, 3 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 12 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.11
Catches / match
0.15
Dismissals / match

Across 81 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 8 2 62 29 9.69 108.77 0 0
2024/25 8 5 55 21* 11.17 148.65 0 0
2023/24 6 4 25 16* 6.94 — 0 0
2022/23 8 5 57 28* 11.58 — 0 0
2021/22 8 1 85 35 11.95 274.19 0 0
2020/21 2 1 13 12 9.75 — 0 0
2019/20 1 1 28 28* 28 — 0 0
2017/18 2 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2010/11 8 2 6 4 0.94 — 0 0
2009/10 6 2 17 9 3.78 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 12 3 49 3 16.33 4.08 24
2025/26 36 9 106 6 17.67 2.94 36
2024/25 94.3 32 242 23 10.52 2.57 24.6
2023/24 53.3 4 230 9 25.56 4.31 35.6
2022/23 92 15 296 9 32.89 3.22 61.3
2021/22 94.2 14 283 28 10.11 3.01 20.2
2020/21 9 4 12 3 4 1.33 18
2019/20 7 3 14 1 14 2 42
2017/18 31.3 12 43 5 8.6 1.37 37.6
2010/11 41 7 128 6 21.33 3.12 41
2009/10 28 5 85 5 17 3.04 33.6

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 1 0 0 0 1
2024/25 3 0 1 0 4
2023/24 0 0 1 0 1
2022/23 2 0 0 0 2
2021/22 3 0 1 0 4
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