Joel Blain (28)
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
U18 (2015/16)
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Competitions
Registered with:
Country Barwon · Geelong Cricket Club · Footscray Cricket Club · Grange Cricket Club · Woodville Cricket Club · Barwon Heads Cricket Club · Thomson Cricket Club · Old Geelong Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1997
(inferred from U18 eligibility, 2015/16 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2013/14 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
21/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
32/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
35/100
Representative pathway — 13 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 69 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 9 matches (+1.3)
- ● Body of work — 98 imported matches (+2.0)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 11.5 over 59 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 10% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.40 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 39 catches in 98 matches (0.40 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 32 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 35 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.65 for the level played (1st grade 31 · Rep Div 1 4 · 2nd grade 16 · 3rd grade 17 · Club 20 · 4th grade 10). 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: 38 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 98 matches — 0.41 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 59 innings at 11.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 95 wickets in 90 matches bowled in (of 98 played) — 1.06 per match at 30.6, economy 4.30, strike rate 42.7.
Fielding — imported matches (98)
38
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.4
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
41
Total dismissals
0.42
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
501
Runs (59 inns)
11.51
Avg (adj)
46.74
Strike rate
53
High score
21
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
95
Wickets (675.8 ov)
4.3
Economy
30.61
Average
55
Maidens
0.12
Extras / over
42.7
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 98 imported |
| Batting | 501 runs in 59 inns @ 11.51 (SR 46.74) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 53, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 95 wkts @ 30.61 (econ 4.3, SR 42.7) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-28 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 39 ct, 2 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 41 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.4
Catches / match
0.42
Dismissals / match
Across 98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 15* | 4.64 | 52.94 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 13* | 6.72 | 47.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 8 | 3 | 68 | 21 | 11.69 | 49.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 11* | 8.35 | 45.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 10 | 0 | 97 | 21 | 9.7 | 44.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 10 | 2 | 167 | 53 | 20.04 | 76.96 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 39 | 19.11 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 105 | 7 | 459 | 14 | 32.79 | 4.37 | 45 |
| 2020/21 | 88.7 | 6 | 377 | 13 | 29 | 4.25 | 40.9 |
| 2019/20 | 122 | 2 | 651 | 17 | 38.29 | 5.34 | 43.1 |
| 2018/19 | 134.8 | 18 | 564 | 21 | 26.86 | 4.18 | 38.5 |
| 2017/18 | 127.3 | 11 | 482 | 22 | 21.91 | 3.79 | 34.7 |
| 2016/17 | 56 | 9 | 168 | 5 | 33.6 | 3 | 67.2 |
| 2015/16 | 32 | 2 | 146 | 3 | 48.67 | 4.56 | 64 |
| 2013/14 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 0 | — | 6.86 | — |
| 2011/12 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 4.33 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2019/20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2018/19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2017/18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2016/17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011/12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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