Craig Butterfield
Batting – Top-Order Batter
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Spotswood Cricket Club · Melbourne University Cricket Club · Victorian Turf Cricket Association
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
41/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Part Time
~21/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 3 matches (+1.2)
- ● Body of work — 36 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 63.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
Too many aerial dismissals
18 of 25 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 13 catches in 36 matches (0.36 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 41 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 21 × 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 (3rd grade 2 · Club 33 · 4th grade 1). 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: 13 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 36 matches — 0.36 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 32 innings at 19.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 17 wickets in 16 matches bowled in (of 36 played) — 1.06 per match at 24.6, economy 3.80, strike rate 38.8.
Fielding — imported matches (36)
13
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.36
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
13
Total dismissals
0.36
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
517
Runs (32 inns)
19.69
Avg (adj)
63.58
Strike rate
68
High score
7
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
17
Wickets (110 ov)
3.8
Economy
24.59
Average
17
Maidens
0.07
Extras / over
38.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 36 imported |
| Batting | 517 runs in 32 inns @ 19.69 (SR 63.58) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 68, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 17 wkts @ 24.59 (econ 3.8, SR 38.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-59 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 13 ct, 0 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 13 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.36
Catches / match
0.36
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 77.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 29 | 19.33 | 74.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 0 | 123 | 45 | 20.5 | 384.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 68 | 42.5 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 1 | 127 | 58 | 30.48 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 28 | 6.8 | 75.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 13.88 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 17 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005/06 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14* | 11 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 10 | 3 | 41 | 0 | — | 4.1 | — |
| 2015/16 | 17.7 | 1 | 77 | 2 | 38.5 | 4.36 | 53 |
| 2014/15 | 36.3 | 6 | 128 | 8 | 16 | 3.52 | 27.3 |
| 2012/13 | 17 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 30.5 | 3.59 | 51 |
| 2011/12 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 3.56 | 27 |
| 2007/08 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 4.33 | 18 |
| 2005/06 | 14 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 53 | 3.79 | 84 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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