John Bucknell
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
NSW
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Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
18/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
64/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 42 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 39.5 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 17% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 14.4.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.81.
- ✓ Safe hands — 16 catches in 42 matches (0.38 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 18 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 64 × 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 42). 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: 11 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 42 matches — 0.26 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 41 innings at 20.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 26 wickets in 22 matches bowled in (of 42 played) — 1.18 per match at 14.4, economy 2.81, strike rate 30.8.
Fielding — imported matches (42)
11
Ct (field)
5
Ct (WK)
0.38
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
1
Stumpings
17
Total dismissals
0.4
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
812
Runs (41 inns)
20.29
Avg (adj)
39.47
Strike rate
139
High score
1
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
26
Wickets (133.5 ov)
2.81
Economy
14.42
Average
25
Maidens
0.21
Extras / over
30.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 42 imported |
| Batting | 812 runs in 41 inns @ 20.29 (SR 39.47) |
| Milestones | 2×100, 3×50, HS 139, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 26 wkts @ 14.42 (econ 2.81, SR 30.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-6 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 16 ct, 0 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 17 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.38
Catches / match
0.4
Dismissals / match
Across 42 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 | 11 | 0 | 227 | 61 | 20.64 | 11350 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 12.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 8 | 0 | 54 | 16 | 6.75 | 337.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18* | 13.5 | 900 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 23 | 13.25 | 5300 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 0 | 91 | 55 | 22.75 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 139 | 139 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 0 | 182 | 139 | 45.5 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2009/10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 88.89 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 52.2 | 10 | 122 | 10 | 12.2 | 2.34 | 31.3 |
| 2020/21 | 11 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 15.67 | 4.27 | 22 |
| 2019/20 | 33.8 | 6 | 105 | 7 | 15 | 3.1 | 29 |
| 2013/14 | 11.5 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 12.25 | 4.26 | 17.3 |
| 2011/12 | 25 | 8 | 52 | 2 | 26 | 2.08 | 75 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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