John Blake
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 8 matches (+1.2)
- ● Body of work — 18 imported matches (+0.4)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 52.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
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.
Economy of 3.89 is excellent but a wicket every 45 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Bowling average (29.3) beats batting average (26.8) — selection case is as a bowling all-rounder; protect bowling workload first.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 14 × 40% · Batting 56 × 30% · Bowling 56 × 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 (3rd grade 1 · Club 10 · 4th grade 6 · 5th grade and below 1). 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: 5 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 18 matches — 0.28 per match.
- Batting
- 461 runs in 19 innings, adjusted average 26.8, strike rate 52.6. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 11 wickets in 12 matches bowled in (of 18 played) — 0.92 per match at 29.3, economy 3.89, strike rate 45.2.
Fielding — imported matches (18)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 18 imported |
| Batting | 461 runs in 19 inns @ 26.82 (SR 52.63) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 3×50, HS 85, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 11 wkts @ 29.27 (econ 3.89, SR 45.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-22 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 ct, 0 RO, 0 st |
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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/15 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 85* | 85 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 46 | 25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 4 | 0 | 99 | 84 | 24.75 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 28 | 22.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 29 | 13.25 | 139.47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 52 | 25.33 | — | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 2.73 | 22 |
| 2012/13 | 11.8 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 18.33 | 4.65 | 23.7 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | — | 10.5 | — |
| 2007/08 | 22 | 3 | 89 | 3 | 29.67 | 4.05 | 44 |
| 2006/07 | 36 | 1 | 127 | 2 | 63.5 | 3.53 | 108 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007/08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006/07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How does John compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.