Steven Brands
Bowling – Opening Bowler
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Western Districts Cricket Club · Le Hunte Cricket Association - Representative
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
38/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
45/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 43 imported matches (+0.9)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 20% 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
0.49 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 21 catches in 43 matches (0.49 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 38 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 45 × 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
- Rated on the last 23 matches since 30 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 21 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 43 matches — 0.51 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 40 innings at 16.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 51 wickets in 43 matches — 1.19 per match at 23.4, economy 4.51, strike rate 31.1.
Fielding — imported matches (43)
21
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.49
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
22
Total dismissals
0.51
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
580
Runs (40 inns)
16.31
Avg (adj)
69.4
Strike rate
81
High score
5
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
51
Wickets (264.7 ov)
4.51
Economy
23.41
Average
26
Maidens
0.35
Extras / over
31.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 43 imported |
| Batting | 580 runs in 40 inns @ 16.31 (SR 69.4) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 81, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 51 wkts @ 23.41 (econ 4.51, SR 31.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-14 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 21 ct, 1 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 22 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.49
Catches / match
0.51
Dismissals / match
Across 43 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 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 116.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 11 | 2 | 119 | 27 | 12.79 | 61.98 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 10 | 1 | 161 | 81* | 17.71 | 89.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 12 | 1 | 243 | 50 | 21.94 | 83.51 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 22 | 9.72 | 78.13 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 4.7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1.07 | 28 |
| 2025/26 | 61 | 7 | 287 | 13 | 22.08 | 4.7 | 28.2 |
| 2024/25 | 82 | 6 | 384 | 10 | 38.4 | 4.68 | 49.2 |
| 2023/24 | 80 | 10 | 334 | 20 | 16.7 | 4.18 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | 37 | 2 | 184 | 7 | 26.29 | 4.97 | 31.7 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Pathway benchmark
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