Bill Croft
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
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Registered with:
Kardinya Lakes Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
31/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
63/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 33 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 12.8 over 32 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.6.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.70.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 31 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 63 × 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 24). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 24 matches since 28 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 11 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 33 matches — 0.36 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 32 innings at 12.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 38 wickets in 30 matches bowled in (of 33 played) — 1.27 per match at 15.6, economy 3.70, strike rate 25.3.
Fielding — imported matches (33)
11
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.33
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
12
Total dismissals
0.36
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
396
Runs (32 inns)
12.76
Avg (adj)
44.73
Strike rate
49
High score
1
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
38
Wickets (160.5 ov)
3.7
Economy
15.63
Average
12
Maidens
0.48
Extras / over
25.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 33 imported |
| Batting | 396 runs in 32 inns @ 12.76 (SR 44.73) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 49, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 38 wkts @ 15.63 (econ 3.7, SR 25.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-3 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 11 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 12 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.33
Catches / match
0.36
Dismissals / match
Across 33 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 | 11 | 0 | 107 | 49 | 9.73 | 58.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 14 | 0 | 174 | 28 | 12.43 | 60.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 7 | 1 | 115 | 43* | 18.78 | 78.77 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 59.8 | 3 | 276 | 12 | 23 | 4.61 | 29.9 |
| 2024/25 | 75.7 | 8 | 235 | 23 | 10.22 | 3.11 | 19.7 |
| 2023/24 | 25 | 1 | 83 | 3 | 27.67 | 3.32 | 50 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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