Michael Schaefer

All-Rounder – Bowling ACT Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Eastlake Cricket Club · Australian National University Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
23/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
26/100
Batting Proficient
46/100
Bowling Proficient
58/100

Representative pathway — 15 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 71 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 22 matches (+3.3)
  • ● Body of work — 93 imported matches (+1.9)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 61.6 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 (7 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

medium Fielding
Low overall fielding impact

0.17 dismissals per match across 93 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.

Strengths

  • ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.4.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.35.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting 46 × 30% · Bowling 58 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.53 for the level played (1st grade 25 · 2nd grade 25 · 3rd grade 38 · 4th 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: 15 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 93 matches — 0.17 per match.
Batting
1,654 runs in 89 innings, adjusted average 20.9, strike rate 61.6. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
98 wickets in 73 matches bowled in (of 93 played) — 1.34 per match at 17.4, economy 3.35, strike rate 31.1.

Fielding — imported matches (93)

15
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.16
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
16
Total dismissals
0.17
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

1654
Runs (89 inns)
20.88
Avg (adj)
61.58
Strike rate
73
High score
11
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

98
Wickets (508 ov)
3.35
Economy
17.35
Average
86
Maidens
0.13
Extras / over
31.1
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 93 imported
Batting 1654 runs in 89 inns @ 20.88 (SR 61.58)
Milestones 0×100, 7×50, HS 73, 11 ducks
Bowling 98 wkts @ 17.35 (econ 3.35, SR 31.1)
Best / 5WI 5-21 · 1 five-fors
Fielding 15 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 16 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.16
Catches / match
0.17
Dismissals / match

Across 93 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
2023/24 1 0 3 3 3 — 0 0
2022/23 11 1 221 73 21.92 74.66 1 0
2021/22 8 2 125 41 19.53 73.53 0 0
2017/18 10 1 113 45 12.43 71.07 0 0
2016/17 16 0 382 58 23.88 — 2 0
2015/16 7 0 105 38 15 — 0 0
2014/15 8 4 109 43 20.44 — 0 0
2013/14 15 2 368 60 27.8 645.61 3 0
2012/13 13 1 228 53 18.89 — 1 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2023/24 2 0 11 0 — 5.5 —
2022/23 48 7 122 6 20.33 2.54 48
2021/22 30 3 88 9 9.78 2.93 20
2017/18 83.7 17 247 19 13 2.95 26.4
2016/17 112.7 17 456 29 15.72 4.05 23.3
2015/16 38 7 109 9 12.11 2.87 25.3
2014/15 32.7 7 119 5 23.8 3.64 39.2
2013/14 61 10 228 4 57 3.74 91.5
2012/13 100 18 320 17 18.82 3.2 35.3

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2023/24 1 0 0 0 1
2022/23 4 0 1 0 5
2021/22 2 0 0 0 2
2017/18 1 0 0 0 1
2016/17 2 0 0 0 2
2013/14 3 0 0 0 3
2012/13 2 0 0 0 2
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