David Balaam
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
NSW
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Pacific Palms Cricket Club · Great Lakes Cricket Club · Camden Haven Cricket Club · Hastings River District Cricket Association
Overall
Needs Work
3/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
16/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 25 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 11.2 over 19 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 10% 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 16 × 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 25). 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: 8 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 25 matches — 0.32 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 19 innings at 11.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 14 wickets from 87.0 overs across 22 matches bowled in (of 25 played) — 0.64 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (25)
8
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.32
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
8
Total dismissals
0.32
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
161
Runs (19 inns)
11.15
Avg (adj)
—
Strike rate
25
High score
6
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
14
Wickets (87 ov)
4.24
Economy
26.36
Average
15
Maidens
0.03
Extras / over
37.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 25 imported |
| Batting | 161 runs in 19 inns @ 11.15 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 25, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 14 wkts @ 26.36 (econ 4.24, SR 37.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-6 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 0 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 8 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.32
Catches / match
0.32
Dismissals / match
Across 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4* | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8.44 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 6.75 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 25* | 34.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13* | 13 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 5.63 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005/06 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 14* | 10.63 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 12 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 18 |
| 2012/13 | 14 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 32 | 4.57 | 42 |
| 2011/12 | 10 | 1 | 65 | 3 | 21.67 | 6.5 | 20 |
| 2009/10 | 21 | 5 | 111 | 2 | 55.5 | 5.29 | 63 |
| 2008/09 | 10 | 2 | 44 | 0 | — | 4.4 | — |
| 2006/07 | 16 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 10.33 | 1.94 | 32 |
| 2005/06 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 54 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009/10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008/09 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005/06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
How does David compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.