Luca Paolella
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 52 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 4.5 over 26 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
8 of 14 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.
Only 0.06 catches per match over 52 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.
Out for 0 in 12% 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 14.1.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.85.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 8 × 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 23). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 23 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 3 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 52 matches — 0.06 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 26 innings at 4.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 87 wickets in 51 matches bowled in (of 52 played) — 1.71 per match at 14.1, economy 2.85, strike rate 29.6.
Fielding — imported matches (52)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 52 imported |
| Batting | 81 runs in 26 inns @ 4.55 (SR 24.05) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 10, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 87 wkts @ 14.06 (econ 2.85, SR 29.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-30 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 ct, 0 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2* | 1.75 | 11.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 9* | 3.75 | 48.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 9 | 4.29 | 1100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 8.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5* | 3.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 22 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 9.8 | 2.23 | 26.4 |
| 2025/26 | 145.3 | 28 | 409 | 33 | 12.39 | 2.81 | 26.4 |
| 2024/25 | 88.2 | 17 | 247 | 16 | 15.44 | 2.8 | 33.1 |
| 2023/24 | 96.5 | 7 | 293 | 20 | 14.65 | 3.04 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | — | 4.83 | — |
| 2021/22 | 53 | 4 | 146 | 11 | 13.27 | 2.75 | 28.9 |
| 2020/21 | 18 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 25 | 2.78 | 54 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Luca compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.