Matthew Blake
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 27 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 57.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.00 catches per match over 27 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
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 11 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 48 × 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 10). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 10 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 0 catches + 3 run outs (2 direct, 1 assisted) in 27 matches — 0.11 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 28 innings at 20.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 33 wickets in 26 matches bowled in (of 27 played) — 1.27 per match at 24.0, economy 3.95, strike rate 36.5.
Fielding — imported matches (27)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 27 imported |
| Batting | 490 runs in 28 inns @ 20.63 (SR 57.62) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 3×50, HS 74, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 33 wkts @ 24 (econ 3.95, SR 36.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-102 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 0 ct, 3 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 3 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 15 | 3 | 162 | 27 | 12.96 | 46.42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 13 | 2 | 328 | 74 | 29.11 | 65.86 | 3 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 92 | 5 | 434 | 17 | 25.53 | 4.72 | 32.5 |
| 2023/24 | 108.5 | 15 | 358 | 16 | 22.38 | 3.3 | 40.7 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
How does Matthew compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.