Matthew Blain
Bowling – Opening Bowler
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Adelaide Rockets Cricket Club · Woodville Rechabite Cricket Club · Woodville Cricket Club · Flinders Park Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
17/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
24/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
57/100
Representative pathway — 15 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 26 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 30 matches (+4.0)
- ● Body of work — 62 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 14.4 over 58 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 12% 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 17.9.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.99.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 24 × 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
- ×0.43 for the level played (2nd grade 26 · 3rd grade 30 · Club 6). 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: 16 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 62 matches — 0.27 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 58 innings at 14.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 117 wickets in 60 matches bowled in (of 62 played) — 1.95 per match at 17.9, economy 2.99, strike rate 35.9.
Fielding — imported matches (62)
16
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.26
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
17
Total dismissals
0.27
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
711
Runs (58 inns)
14.37
Avg (adj)
82.87
Strike rate
86
High score
10
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
117
Wickets (700.3 ov)
2.99
Economy
17.87
Average
160
Maidens
0.13
Extras / over
35.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 62 imported |
| Batting | 711 runs in 58 inns @ 14.37 (SR 82.87) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 86, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 117 wkts @ 17.87 (econ 2.99, SR 35.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-26 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 16 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 17 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.26
Catches / match
0.27
Dismissals / match
Across 62 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 36* | 29.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 44* | 34.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 15* | 7.56 | 89.47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 38 | 11.5 | 82.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 28 | 16.44 | 102.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 1 | 116 | 52 | 27.84 | 123.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 26 | 13.75 | 87.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 14* | 8.89 | 52.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 19 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 8 | 0 | 60 | 32 | 7.5 | 181.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 9 | 3 | 150 | 86 | 22.22 | 157.89 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 7.33 | 440 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 16 | 1 | 101 | 6 | 16.83 | 6.31 | 16 |
| 2020/21 | 11 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 33 |
| 2019/20 | 13 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 12.33 | 2.85 | 26 |
| 2018/19 | 20 | 3 | 89 | 2 | 44.5 | 4.45 | 60 |
| 2017/18 | 57 | 11 | 182 | 12 | 15.17 | 3.19 | 28.5 |
| 2016/17 | 22 | 2 | 120 | 1 | 120 | 5.45 | 132 |
| 2015/16 | 56 | 14 | 192 | 7 | 27.43 | 3.43 | 48 |
| 2014/15 | 56 | 10 | 124 | 10 | 12.4 | 2.21 | 33.6 |
| 2013/14 | 48 | 15 | 127 | 9 | 14.11 | 2.65 | 32 |
| 2012/13 | 26 | 3 | 109 | 3 | 36.33 | 4.19 | 52 |
| 2011/12 | 137.2 | 40 | 277 | 19 | 14.58 | 2.02 | 43.3 |
| 2010/11 | 81 | 20 | 229 | 18 | 12.72 | 2.83 | 27 |
| 2009/10 | 138.2 | 33 | 373 | 23 | 16.22 | 2.7 | 36 |
| 2008/09 | 19 | 3 | 87 | 2 | 43.5 | 4.58 | 57 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010/11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009/10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
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