Matthew Cowley
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 50 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 14.1 over 59 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
31 of 56 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Out for 0 in 20% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (4 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 18 catches in 50 matches (0.36 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 39 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 38 × 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 24). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 24 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 18 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 50 matches — 0.40 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 59 innings at 14.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 41 wickets in 35 matches bowled in (of 50 played) — 1.17 per match at 21.1, economy 4.08, strike rate 31.0.
Fielding — imported matches (50)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 50 imported |
| Batting | 792 runs in 59 inns @ 14.11 (SR 79.86) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 82, 12 ducks |
| Bowling | 41 wkts @ 21.12 (econ 4.08, SR 31) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-29 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 18 ct, 2 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 20 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 50 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 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3.5 | 77.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 15 | 0 | 116 | 40 | 7.73 | 85.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 13 | 1 | 199 | 64 | 16.49 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 12 | 2 | 187 | 52* | 18.18 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 0 | 206 | 82 | 34.33 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 21.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 5.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 14 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 30 | 4.29 | 42 |
| 2025/26 | 30 | 1 | 160 | 6 | 26.67 | 5.33 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 29.2 | 5 | 120 | 3 | 40 | 4.11 | 58.3 |
| 2023/24 | 37 | 4 | 133 | 6 | 22.17 | 3.59 | 37 |
| 2022/23 | 20.5 | 2 | 110 | 3 | 36.67 | 5.37 | 41 |
| 2021/22 | 13 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 25 | 3.85 | 39 |
| 2020/21 | 10 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 5.33 | 3.2 | 10 |
| 2019/20 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 4.83 | 3.63 | 8 |
| 2017/18 | 15 | 3 | 61 | 3 | 20.33 | 4.07 | 30 |
| 2015/16 | 35.5 | 1 | 111 | 4 | 27.75 | 3.13 | 53.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How does Matthew compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.