Bill O'Brien

Batting – Opening Batter NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Hornsby District Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
5/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
14/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Strong
~32/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match

Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 71 imported matches (+1.4)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 9.9 over 66 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

24 of 48 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.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 24% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

Strengths

How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 14 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 32 × 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 71). 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: 10 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 71 matches — 0.17 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 66 innings at 10.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
26 wickets in 51 matches bowled in (of 71 played) — 0.51 per match at 24.4, economy 4.45, strike rate 32.8.

Fielding — imported matches (71)

10
Ct (field)
6
Ct (WK)
0.23
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
1
Stumpings
19
Total dismissals
0.27
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

516
Runs (66 inns)
9.95
Avg (adj)
21.05
Strike rate
54
High score
18
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

26
Wickets (142.3 ov)
4.45
Economy
24.38
Average
0
Maidens
0.27
Extras / over
32.8
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 71 imported
Batting 516 runs in 66 inns @ 9.95 (SR 21.05)
Milestones 0×100, 1×50, HS 54, 16 ducks
Bowling 26 wkts @ 24.38 (econ 4.45, SR 32.8)
Best / 5WI 3-10 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 16 ct, 2 RO, 1 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 19 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.23
Catches / match
0.27
Dismissals / match

Across 71 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 4 27 8 5.06 16.07 0 0
2020/21 9 2 42 13* 5.7 24.28 0 0
2019/20 10 4 78 54* 10.92 200 1 0
2018/19 8 0 86 25 10.75 — 0 0
2017/18 9 0 57 17 6.33 — 0 0
2016/17 11 1 79 40* 7.83 — 0 0
2015/16 9 7 137 31* 27.06 — 0 0
2014/15 2 0 10 6 5 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2021/22 4 0 30 2 15 7.5 12
2020/21 18 0 131 3 43.67 7.28 36
2019/20 5 0 29 0 — 5.8 —
2018/19 21 0 93 6 15.5 4.43 21
2017/18 26 0 102 2 51 3.92 78
2016/17 32.3 0 97 7 13.86 3 27.7
2015/16 31 0 113 6 18.83 3.65 31
2014/15 5 0 39 0 — 7.8 —

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2021/22 1 1 0 0 2
2020/21 3 0 0 0 3
2019/20 2 2 0 0 4
2018/19 1 0 2 0 3
2017/18 2 3 0 0 5
2016/17 1 0 0 1 2
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