Derek Bland
Batting – Opening Batter
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Competitions
Registered with:
Gosnells Cricket Club · Riverton Rostrata Cricket Club
Overall
Proficient
36/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Advance
55/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Representative pathway — 15 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 90 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 17 matches (+2.5)
- ● Body of work — 107 imported matches (+2.1)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 33.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 8% of 50+ scores become hundreds (11 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
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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 — 52 catches in 107 matches (0.49 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 55 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.75 for the level played (1st grade 83 · 2nd grade 19 · 3rd grade 5). 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: 52 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 107 matches — 0.50 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 122 innings at 20.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 2 wickets from 27.2 overs across 4 matches bowled in (of 107 played) — 0.02 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (107)
52
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.49
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
54
Total dismissals
0.5
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
2259
Runs (122 inns)
20.49
Avg (adj)
33.4
Strike rate
111
High score
13
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
2
Wickets (27.2 ov)
2.25
Economy
30.5
Average
8
Maidens
0.07
Extras / over
81.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 107 imported |
| Batting | 2259 runs in 122 inns @ 20.49 (SR 33.4) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 11×50, HS 111, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 2 wkts @ 30.5 (econ 2.25, SR 81.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-19 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 52 ct, 2 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 54 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.49
Catches / match
0.5
Dismissals / match
Across 107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 82 | 37.33 | 294.74 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 18 | 3 | 250 | 51 | 16.2 | 43.25 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 15 | 2 | 265 | 61 | 20.02 | 1152.17 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 19 | 2 | 248 | 79 | 14.43 | 78.48 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 1 | 193 | 88 | 60.31 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 17 | 2 | 187 | 47 | 12.29 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 16 | 0 | 332 | 111 | 20.75 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2008/09 | 15 | 1 | 301 | 78 | 21.4 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 15 | 2 | 371 | 72* | 28.03 | — | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 20 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 38 | 1.9 | 120 |
| 2014/15 | 4.2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 4.56 | 25 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 1.33 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014/15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2013/14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012/13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010/11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009/10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008/09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007/08 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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