Stephen Houlden
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 52 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 50.8 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (8 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
0.94 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 49 catches in 52 matches (0.94 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 16 × 40% · Batting 36 × 30% · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). 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 52). 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
- Keeping: 32 catches + 2 stumpings + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 52 matches — 0.65 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- 1,283 runs in 54 innings, adjusted average 26.4, strike rate 50.8. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 0 wickets from 4.0 overs across 3 matches bowled in (of 52 played) — 0.00 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (52)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 52 imported |
| Batting | 1283 runs in 54 inns @ 26.4 (SR 50.79) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 8×50, HS 95, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 0 wkts @ — (econ 4.25, SR —) |
| Best / 5WI | 0-0 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 49 ct, 0 RO, 2 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 51 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 5.14 | 327.27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 9 | 1 | 256 | 48 | 31.6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 1 | 123 | 80 | 29.52 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 9.38 | 272.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 2 | 143 | 95 | 40.04 | 348.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 8 | 1 | 252 | 78 | 35.44 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 13 | 0 | 388 | 71 | 29.85 | — | 3 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 53 | 53 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 11 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015/16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2010/11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
How does Stephen compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.