Matthew Stead
All-Rounder – Bowling
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Competitions
Registered with:
Essendon Cricket Club · Melton Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
26/100
Batting
Proficient
45/100
Bowling
Proficient
57/100
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 82 imported matches (+1.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 54.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.43.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting 45 × 30% · Bowling 57 × 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 26). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 26 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 21 catches + 4 run outs (4 direct, 0 assisted) in 82 matches — 0.30 per match.
- Batting
- 1,406 runs in 84 innings, adjusted average 17.5, strike rate 54.6. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 81 wickets in 71 matches bowled in (of 82 played) — 1.14 per match at 20.9, economy 3.43, strike rate 36.6.
Fielding — imported matches (82)
21
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.26
Catches / match
4
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
25
Total dismissals
0.3
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1406
Runs (84 inns)
17.54
Avg (adj)
54.59
Strike rate
81
High score
4
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
81
Wickets (493.5 ov)
3.43
Economy
20.93
Average
70
Maidens
0.13
Extras / over
36.6
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 82 imported |
| Batting | 1406 runs in 84 inns @ 17.54 (SR 54.59) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 81, 10 ducks |
| Bowling | 81 wkts @ 20.93 (econ 3.43, SR 36.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-23 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 21 ct, 4 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 25 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.26
Catches / match
0.3
Dismissals / match
Across 82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 34.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 20 | 1 | 403 | 81 | 21.16 | 55.82 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 0 | 174 | 51 | 21.75 | 52.73 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 102 | 48 | 17 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 91.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 8 | 0 | 62 | 28 | 7.75 | 476.92 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 11 | 1 | 131 | 28 | 12.99 | 97.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 13 | 2 | 225 | 56* | 19.97 | 157.34 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 52 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 114.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 22 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 7.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 6 | 0 | 99 | 39 | 16.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 16 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | — | 5.33 | — |
| 2025/26 | 151.5 | 34 | 419 | 29 | 14.45 | 2.77 | 31.3 |
| 2024/25 | 43 | 10 | 128 | 3 | 42.67 | 2.98 | 86 |
| 2023/24 | 39 | 4 | 129 | 6 | 21.5 | 3.31 | 39 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 10.67 | 3.56 | 18 |
| 2021/22 | 62 | 3 | 234 | 9 | 26 | 3.77 | 41.3 |
| 2020/21 | 75 | 6 | 324 | 15 | 21.6 | 4.32 | 30 |
| 2019/20 | 55 | 2 | 219 | 8 | 27.38 | 3.98 | 41.3 |
| 2018/19 | 20 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 30 |
| 2017/18 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 2.5 | 48 |
| 2016/17 | 9 | 0 | 49 | 0 | — | 5.44 | — |
| 2015/16 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 0 | — | 4.33 | — |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | — | 8 | — |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 4 | — |
| 2011/12 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 12.5 | 5 | 15 |
| 2008/09 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 5.33 | 18 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009/10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Matthew compare?
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