Mitchell Drinkwater (16)

★ Div 1 Rep Batting – Middle-Order Batter U16 (2025/26) NSW Balanced scorer
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  • Mitchell Drinkwater · this page master
    play.cricket · 133 matches · 2022/23 – 2026/27
  • Mitchell Drinkwater
    play.cricket · 64 matches · 2018/19 – 2021/22
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Combined journey
Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with: Prestons Hornets Cricket Club · Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Association - Representative Teams · Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club
District represented: Fairfield-Liverpool (Green Shield — NSW Premier Cricket)
Age: Born on/after 1 Sep 2009 (inferred from U16 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield: 1 season(s) played (first 2025/26) · last GS year 2025/26 (ages out of U16 after this)
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🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
134* off 73
U15 Boys U15/16 · 2024/25 · 16×4, 4×6 · SR 184

The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 37 balls (SR 135), then 50 to 100 in just 20 (SR 250) — more than double the tempo.

Scoring breakdown
88 of 134 runs (66%) in boundaries · 41% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20 · 15 balls · SR 133 brisk
20→40 · 17 balls · SR 118 steady
40→50 · 5 balls · SR 200 rapid
50→60 · 3 balls · SR 333 explosive
60→80 · 7 balls · SR 286 explosive
80→100 · 10 balls · SR 200 rapid
Overall Needs Work
19/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
24/100
Batting Advance
71/100
Bowling Part Time
~21/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match

Representative pathway — 15 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Division 1 representative (+4)
  • ● Premier or state pathway — 13 matches (+5.2)
  • ● Regional representative — 12 matches (+1.8)
  • ● Body of work — 186 imported matches (+3.7)

Critical recommendations

info Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon

0.45 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.

Strengths

  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 5 hundred(s), best of 134.
  • ✓ Safe hands — 83 catches in 186 matches (0.45 per match), a genuine selection asset.
  • ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 26 run outs.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 24 × 40% · Batting 71 × 30% · Bowling 21 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.44 for the level played (Rep Div 1 13 · Club 15 · 4th grade 8 · 5th grade and below 4). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 40 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 67 catches + 26 run outs (17 direct, 9 assisted) in 186 matches — 0.50 per match.
Batting
3,295 runs in 163 innings, adjusted average 26.9, strike rate 78.1. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
104 wickets in 126 matches bowled in (of 186 played) — 0.83 per match at 16.2, economy 3.54, strike rate 27.5.

Fielding — imported matches (186)

67
Ct (field)
16
Ct (WK)
0.45
Catches / match
17
RO (direct)
9
RO (assist)
3
Stumpings
112
Total dismissals
0.6
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

3295
Runs (163 inns)
26.91
Avg (adj)
78.05
Strike rate
134
High score
54
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

104
Wickets (476.2 ov)
3.54
Economy
16.19
Average
64
Maidens
0.2
Extras / over
27.5
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 186 imported
Batting 3295 runs in 163 inns @ 26.91 (SR 78.05)
Milestones 5×100, 11×50, HS 134, 14 ducks
Bowling 104 wkts @ 16.19 (econ 3.54, SR 27.5)
Best / 5WI 5-16 · 1 five-fors
Fielding 83 ct, 26 RO, 3 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 112 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.45
Catches / match
0.6
Dismissals / match

Across 186 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 5 1 104 44 24.96 81.89 0 0
2025/26 34 10 877 118* 33.38 102.57 4 3
2024/25 23 6 508 134* 27.85 131.61 2 1
2023/24 24 1 532 109* 23.09 97.97 3 1
2022/23 24 8 343 53* 19.06 84.28 1 0
2021/22 12 7 337 45* 44.47 84.04 0 0
2020/21 14 5 155 35* 15.03 58.05 0 0
2019/20 14 8 261 52* 29.3 80.31 1 0
2018/19 13 8 178 26* 22.12 95.19 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 7 0 49 1 49 7 42
2025/26 57.8 6 221 13 17 3.82 26.7
2024/25 99 14 430 22 19.55 4.34 27
2023/24 78.2 9 250 11 22.73 3.2 42.6
2022/23 91.7 15 286 25 11.44 3.12 22
2021/22 29.2 6 69 9 7.67 2.37 19.4
2020/21 31 4 105 4 26.25 3.39 46.5
2019/20 38 4 137 9 15.22 3.61 25.3
2018/19 44.3 6 137 10 13.7 3.09 26.6

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2026/27 1 0 0 0 1
2025/26 10 3 2 1 16
2024/25 15 5 6 0 26
2023/24 17 5 3 0 25
2022/23 7 0 4 1 12
2021/22 5 1 6 1 13
2020/21 7 0 2 0 9
2019/20 3 2 3 0 8
2018/19 2 0 0 0 2
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