Craig Paxman
Batting – Middle-Order Batter
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East Ballarat Cricket Club · Buninyong Cricket Club · Golden Point Cricket Club · Ballarat Veterans Cricket Club
🏏 Century highlight
102 off 92
Ballarat Groundworks Third Grade · 2021/22 · 16×4, 0×6
· SR 111
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Overall
Needs Work
4/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
6/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 36 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 45.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 14 catches in 36 matches (0.39 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 6 × 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 14). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 14 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 7 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 36 matches — 0.19 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 29 innings at 20.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 3 wickets from 14.2 overs across 5 matches bowled in (of 36 played) — 0.08 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (36)
7
Ct (field)
7
Ct (WK)
0.39
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
2
Stumpings
16
Total dismissals
0.44
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
483
Runs (29 inns)
20.1
Avg (adj)
45.46
Strike rate
102
High score
6
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
3
Wickets (14.2 ov)
5.65
Economy
26.67
Average
1
Maidens
0.42
Extras / over
28.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 36 imported |
| Batting | 483 runs in 29 inns @ 20.1 (SR 45.46) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 0×50, HS 102, 0 ducks |
| Bowling | 3 wkts @ 26.67 (econ 5.65, SR 28.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-0 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 14 ct, 0 RO, 2 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 16 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.39
Catches / match
0.44
Dismissals / match
Across 36 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 | 8 | 2 | 119 | 40 | 18.59 | 33.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 48 | 31.5 | 55.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 10 | 2 | 134 | 43 | 16.08 | 42.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 110.87 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.67 | 13.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 42 | 21.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.2 | 1 | 80 | 3 | 26.67 | 5.65 | 28.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018/19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015/16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011/12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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