Joel Handford
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
WA
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Overall
Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
18/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
57/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 26 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 15% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 18 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 57 × 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 22). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 22 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 6 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 26 matches — 0.27 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 26 innings at 18.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 29 wickets in 22 matches bowled in (of 26 played) — 1.32 per match at 21.8, economy 4.13, strike rate 31.7.
Fielding — imported matches (26)
6
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.23
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
7
Total dismissals
0.27
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
437
Runs (26 inns)
18.1
Avg (adj)
88.16
Strike rate
63
High score
2
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
29
Wickets (153 ov)
4.13
Economy
21.79
Average
21
Maidens
0.17
Extras / over
31.7
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 26 imported |
| Batting | 437 runs in 26 inns @ 18.1 (SR 88.16) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 63, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 29 wkts @ 21.79 (econ 4.13, SR 31.7) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-22 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.23
Catches / match
0.27
Dismissals / match
Across 26 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 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 87.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 11 | 1 | 195 | 63 | 19.34 | 86.28 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 14 | 1 | 221 | 46 | 16.91 | 97.79 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 89 | 15 | 332 | 23 | 14.43 | 3.73 | 23.2 |
| 2024/25 | 64 | 6 | 300 | 6 | 50 | 4.69 | 64 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
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