Jake Balfour
Fielding – Wicketkeeper-Batter
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Ferntree Gully & District Cricket Association - Rep · South Belgrave Cricket Club · Knoxfield Cricket Club
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
130* off 70
2 Bob De Coite Shield · 2024/25 · 17×4, 7×6
· SR 186
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 39 balls (SR 128), then 50 to 100 in just 22 (SR 227) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
110 of 130 runs (85%) in boundaries · 41% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 21 balls · SR 95
steady
20→40
· 15 balls · SR 133
brisk
40→50
· 3 balls · SR 333
explosive
50→60
· 3 balls · SR 333
explosive
60→80
· 12 balls · SR 167
brisk
80→100
· 7 balls · SR 286
explosive
Overall
Needs Work
18/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Elite
94/100
Batting
Proficient
66/100
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 2 matches (+0.3)
- ● Body of work — 28 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
1.32 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 130.
- ✓ Safe hands — 37 catches in 28 matches (1.32 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 94 × 40% · Batting 66 × 30% · 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
- ×0.33 for the level played (Rep Div 1 2 · Club 26). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 28 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Keeping: 37 catches + 4 stumpings + 2 run outs (0 direct, 2 assisted) in 28 matches — 1.54 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- 526 runs in 23 innings, adjusted average 25.9, strike rate 88.2. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Fielding — imported matches (28)
0
Ct (field)
37
Ct (WK)
1.32
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
4
Stumpings
43
Total dismissals
1.54
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
526
Runs (23 inns)
25.85
Avg (adj)
88.22
Strike rate
130
High score
3
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
0
Wickets (0 ov)
—
Economy
—
Average
0
Maidens
—
Extras / over
—
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 28 imported |
| Batting | 526 runs in 23 inns @ 25.85 (SR 88.22) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 2×50, HS 130, 0 ducks |
| Bowling | 0 wkts @ — (econ —, SR —) |
| Best / 5WI | — · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 37 ct, 2 RO, 4 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.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 43 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
1.32
Catches / match
1.54
Dismissals / match
Across 28 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 | 39 | 31 | 19.5 | 73.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 17 | 2 | 319 | 65 | 20.97 | 83.29 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 1 | 168 | 130* | 52.5 | 157.01 | 0 | 1 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025/26 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
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