Melissa Casella
Representative pathway — 11 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 25 matches (+10.0)
- ● Body of work — 25 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 9.1 over 19 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
8 of 15 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.
1.2 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
Out for 0 in 10% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 35 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · 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
- ×0.85 for the level played (1st grade 25). 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: 6 catches + 3 run outs (3 direct, 0 assisted) in 25 matches — 0.36 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 19 innings at 9.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 6 wickets from 35.0 overs across 11 matches bowled in (of 25 played) — 0.55 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (25)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 25 imported |
| Batting | 143 runs in 19 inns @ 9.11 (SR 80) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 22, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 6 wkts @ 22.17 (econ 3.8, SR 35) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-15 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 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 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 22 | 11.75 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005/06 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2004/05 | 10 | 4 | 63 | 20* | 8.82 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | — |
| 2006/07 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | — | 9 | — |
| 2004/05 | 32 | 4 | 110 | 6 | 18.33 | 3.44 | 32 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004/05 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
How does Melissa compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.