🥈 Louis Needham (18)
Bowling – Opening Bowler
U16 (2023/24)
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Melbourne Cricket Club · North West Metropolitan Cricket Association - Representative · Maribyrnong Park St Marys Cricket Club · Melbourne Grammar
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2007
(inferred from U16 eligibility, 2023/24 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2023/24 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
24/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
27/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
69/100
Representative pathway — 6 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 1 match (+0.4)
- ● Regional representative — 27 matches (+4.0)
- ● Body of work — 63 imported matches (+1.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 11.9 over 33 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 18% 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 12.4.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.66.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 27 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 69 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.67 for the level played (Rep Div 1 27 · 3rd grade 1 · Club 7). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 35 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 17 catches + 5 run outs (3 direct, 2 assisted) in 63 matches — 0.35 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 33 innings at 11.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 103 wickets in 63 matches — 1.63 per match at 12.4, economy 2.66, strike rate 28.1.
Fielding — imported matches (63)
17
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.27
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
22
Total dismissals
0.35
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
275
Runs (33 inns)
11.87
Avg (adj)
58.92
Strike rate
35
High score
14
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
103
Wickets (481.8 ov)
2.66
Economy
12.44
Average
97
Maidens
0.12
Extras / over
28.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 63 imported |
| Batting | 275 runs in 33 inns @ 11.87 (SR 58.92) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 35, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 103 wkts @ 12.44 (econ 2.66, SR 28.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 7-6 · 4 five-fors |
| Fielding | 17 ct, 5 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 22 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.27
Catches / match
0.35
Dismissals / match
Across 63 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 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 7.53 | 41.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 6.25 | 43.86 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 19 | 8 | 209 | 35* | 15.63 | 74.91 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 0 | — | 3.9 | — |
| 2025/26 | 174.8 | 40 | 481 | 42 | 11.45 | 2.75 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 141.7 | 26 | 370 | 32 | 11.56 | 2.61 | 26.6 |
| 2023/24 | 155.3 | 30 | 391 | 29 | 13.48 | 2.52 | 32.1 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
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