Darren Boardman

All-Rounder – Bowling ACT Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Gungahlin Cricket Club · Yerrabi District Cricket Club · Ginninderra Cricket Club · North Canberra Gungahlin Cricket Club · Cricket Masters ACT · Brindabella Cricket Club · Southern Districts Cricket Zone - Masters · Canberra Serendib Masters Cricket Club Inc · Queanbeyan District Cricket Club · Queensland Veterans - Representative · Cricket ACT Masters - Rep Teams
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🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
101* off 105
Grade 4 · 2024/25 · 12×4, 0×6 · SR 96

The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 69 balls (SR 72), then 50 to 100 in just 35 (SR 143) — more than double the tempo.

Scoring breakdown
48 of 101 runs (48%) in boundaries · 51% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20 · 43 balls · SR 47 watchful
20→40 · 15 balls · SR 133 brisk
40→50 · 11 balls · SR 91 steady
50→60 · 10 balls · SR 100 steady
60→80 · 18 balls · SR 111 steady
80→100 · 7 balls · SR 286 explosive
Overall Needs Work
10/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
29/100
Batting Proficient
47/100
Bowling Proficient
50/100

Representative pathway — 6 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Regional representative — 35 matches (+4.0)
  • ● Body of work — 97 imported matches (+1.9)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 61.2 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

35 of 65 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.

medium Batting
High duck rate

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.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 14% of 50+ scores become hundreds (6 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

Strengths

  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 101.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.76.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 29 × 40% · Batting 47 × 30% · Bowling 50 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.29 for the level played (Club 31 · 4th grade 5 · 5th grade and below 4). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 40 matches since 28 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 23 catches + 4 run outs (3 direct, 1 assisted) in 97 matches — 0.28 per match.
Batting
1,674 runs in 86 innings, adjusted average 24.2, strike rate 61.2. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
87 wickets in 88 matches bowled in (of 97 played) — 0.99 per match at 21.7, economy 3.76, strike rate 34.7.

Fielding — imported matches (97)

23
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.24
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
27
Total dismissals
0.28
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

1674
Runs (86 inns)
24.22
Avg (adj)
61.17
Strike rate
101
High score
21
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

87
Wickets (502.7 ov)
3.76
Economy
21.71
Average
70
Maidens
0.21
Extras / over
34.7
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 97 imported
Batting 1674 runs in 86 inns @ 24.22 (SR 61.17)
Milestones 1×100, 6×50, HS 101, 10 ducks
Bowling 87 wkts @ 21.71 (econ 3.76, SR 34.7)
Best / 5WI 5-9 · 1 five-fors
Fielding 23 ct, 4 RO, 0 st
All figures from imported scorecards only.

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 27 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.24
Catches / match
0.28
Dismissals / match

Across 97 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
2026/27 1 1 53 53* 53 — 1 0
2025/26 20 6 354 60* 23.01 74.37 2 0
2024/25 17 3 349 101* 24.15 55.22 0 1
2023/24 13 3 152 41* 14.39 55.47 0 0
2022/23 15 4 344 51* 29.05 58.6 1 0
2021/22 10 1 135 32 14.85 59.21 0 0
2020/21 10 3 287 67 37.31 68.82 2 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 13 5 23 0 — 1.77 —
2025/26 92 11 449 17 26.41 4.88 32.5
2024/25 79.8 6 334 10 33.4 4.18 47.9
2023/24 74.8 13 271 13 20.85 3.62 34.5
2022/23 86 11 361 13 27.77 4.2 39.7
2021/22 84 20 225 18 12.5 2.68 28
2020/21 73 4 226 16 14.13 3.1 27.4

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2026/27 1 0 0 0 1
2025/26 7 0 0 0 7
2024/25 3 0 3 0 6
2023/24 1 0 0 0 1
2022/23 4 0 1 0 5
2021/22 6 0 0 0 6
2020/21 1 0 0 0 1
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