David Balcombe
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 5 matches (+2.0)
- ● Regional representative — 3 matches (+0.4)
- ● Body of work — 8 imported matches (+0.2)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 39.7 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Out for 0 in 11% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.00 is excellent but a wicket every 48 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.00.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 51 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 45 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.57 for the level played (1st grade 1 · 2nd grade 4 · 3rd grade 1 · 4th grade 2). 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: 3 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 8 matches — 0.50 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 9 innings at 17.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 12 wickets in 5 matches bowled in (of 8 played) — 2.40 per match at 24.0, economy 3.00, strike rate 48.0.
Fielding — imported matches (8)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 8 imported |
| Batting | 155 runs in 9 inns @ 17.22 (SR 39.68) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 84, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 12 wkts @ 24 (econ 3, SR 48) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-11 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 ct, 1 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 4 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 8 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 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 18 | 9.8 | 77.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 4 | 0 | 106 | 84 | 26.5 | — | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 96 | 23 | 288 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 48 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007/08 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
How does David compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.