Paul Bates
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 26 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 5.6 over 18 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Only 0.04 catches per match over 26 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Out for 0 in 33% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.71.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 0 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 56 × 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 13). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 13 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 1 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 26 matches — 0.04 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 18 innings at 5.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 22 wickets in 17 matches bowled in (of 26 played) — 1.29 per match at 19.8, economy 3.71, strike rate 32.0.
Fielding — imported matches (26)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 26 imported |
| Batting | 83 runs in 18 inns @ 5.64 (SR 62.5) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 19, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 22 wkts @ 19.82 (econ 3.71, SR 32) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-23 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 1 ct, 0 RO, 0 st |
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 1 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 26 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 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 6.56 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 19* | 8.4 | 230.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10* | 10.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 2.4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 16.3 | 1 | 68 | 4 | 17 | 4.16 | 24.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37 | 1 | 124 | 6 | 20.67 | 3.35 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | 8 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | 16 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 20 | 3.75 | 32 |
| 2020/21 | 34.2 | 6 | 104 | 5 | 20.8 | 3.04 | 41 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Paul compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.