Laurence Smith
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 23 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 52.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
9 of 16 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Going at 5.51 an over. Tighten the stock ball: hit a consistent length, cut out the 4-ball (short and wide / overpitched on the pads).
Only 0.13 catches per match over 23 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 15% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 15 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 11 × 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 23). 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: 3 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 23 matches — 0.22 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 20 innings at 15.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 4 wickets in 14 matches bowled in (of 23 played) — 0.29 per match at 75.8, economy 5.51, strike rate 82.5.
Fielding — imported matches (23)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 23 imported |
| Batting | 250 runs in 20 inns @ 15 (SR 52.51) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 58, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 4 wkts @ 75.75 (econ 5.51, SR 82.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-9 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 ct, 2 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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 18 | 4 | 223 | 58* | 15.14 | 58.07 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 25 | 13.5 | 192.86 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 49 | 4 | 276 | 3 | 92 | 5.63 | 98 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 4.5 | 36 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Laurence compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.