Linden McCarthy
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
NSW
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Guildford Leagues Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
29/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
72/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 46 imported matches (+0.9)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 5.4 over 40 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 18% 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 12.5.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 19 balls.
- ✓ Safe hands — 17 catches in 46 matches (0.37 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 29 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 72 × 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 21). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 21 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 17 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 46 matches — 0.37 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 40 innings at 5.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 47 wickets in 31 matches bowled in (of 46 played) — 1.52 per match at 12.5, economy 3.88, strike rate 19.3.
Fielding — imported matches (46)
17
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.37
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
17
Total dismissals
0.37
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
184
Runs (40 inns)
5.41
Avg (adj)
20.98
Strike rate
30
High score
7
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
47
Wickets (151.2 ov)
3.88
Economy
12.49
Average
14
Maidens
0.03
Extras / over
19.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 46 imported |
| Batting | 184 runs in 40 inns @ 5.41 (SR 20.98) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 30, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 47 wkts @ 12.49 (econ 3.88, SR 19.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-24 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 17 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 17 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.37
Catches / match
0.37
Dismissals / match
Across 46 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 | 28 | 15 | 4.38 | 50.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 10* | 3.51 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 3.44 | 238.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 13 | 2 | 98 | 30* | 8.7 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 12 |
| 2025/26 | 25.5 | 1 | 107 | 8 | 13.38 | 4.2 | 19.1 |
| 2024/25 | 25 | 2 | 95 | 7 | 13.57 | 3.8 | 21.4 |
| 2023/24 | 42.7 | 3 | 155 | 10 | 15.5 | 3.63 | 25.6 |
| 2022/23 | 48 | 5 | 206 | 17 | 12.12 | 4.29 | 16.9 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Pathway benchmark
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