Mark Cottom

All-Rounder – Bowling NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Wests Illawarra Cricket Club · Helensburgh Cricket Club Inc. · Northern Districts Butchers Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
11/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
26/100
Batting Advance
75/100
Bowling Advance
65/100

Representative pathway — 4 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Regional representative — 5 matches (+0.8)
  • ● Body of work — 158 imported matches (+3.2)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 50.1 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 9% of 50+ scores become hundreds (21 fifties, 2 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

medium Fielding
Low overall fielding impact

0.21 dismissals per match across 158 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.

Strengths

  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 2 hundred(s), best of 136.
  • ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 14.3.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.80.
  • ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 23 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting 75 × 30% · Bowling 65 × 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 40). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 40 matches since 31 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 29 catches + 4 run outs (3 direct, 1 assisted) in 158 matches — 0.21 per match.
Batting
3,893 runs in 160 innings, adjusted average 26.8, strike rate 50.1. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
84 wickets in 70 matches bowled in (of 158 played) — 1.20 per match at 14.3, economy 3.80, strike rate 22.6.

Fielding — imported matches (158)

29
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.18
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
33
Total dismissals
0.21
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

3893
Runs (160 inns)
26.76
Avg (adj)
50.07
Strike rate
136
High score
16
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

84
Wickets (316.2 ov)
3.8
Economy
14.32
Average
47
Maidens
0.17
Extras / over
22.6
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 158 imported
Batting 3893 runs in 160 inns @ 26.76 (SR 50.07)
Milestones 2×100, 21×50, HS 136, 15 ducks
Bowling 84 wkts @ 14.32 (econ 3.8, SR 22.6)
Best / 5WI 5-22 · 1 five-fors
Fielding 29 ct, 4 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 33 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.18
Catches / match
0.21
Dismissals / match

Across 158 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 3 0 29 27 9.67 54.72 0 0
2025/26 25 5 858 136* 41.18 162.19 4 1
2024/25 23 1 625 87 28.36 135.28 5 0
2023/24 19 3 678 96* 41.32 200 7 0
2022/23 5 0 100 47 20 256.41 0 0
2021/22 6 0 61 21 10.17 321.05 0 0
2020/21 17 2 382 68 25.11 150.39 1 0
2017/18 7 0 146 54 20.86 136.45 1 0
2016/17 11 2 269 64 28.9 538 2 0
2015/16 16 0 290 38 18.13 117.41 0 0
2014/15 9 1 77 24 9.51 101.32 0 0
2013/14 6 2 251 113* 55.78 187.31 1 1
2012/13 3 0 17 14 5.67 37.78 0 0
2011/12 5 0 86 36 17.2 26.06 0 0
2010/11 4 0 18 9 4.5 22.5 0 0
2009/10 1 0 6 6 6 20.69 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2025/26 85.8 3 392 22 17.82 4.57 23.4
2024/25 27 7 78 10 7.8 2.89 16.2
2023/24 25.8 1 138 10 13.8 5.34 15.5
2022/23 20 3 65 4 16.25 3.25 30
2021/22 3 0 10 1 10 3.33 18
2020/21 4 1 25 1 25 6.25 24
2017/18 17 1 85 2 42.5 5 51
2016/17 30.2 9 80 7 11.43 2.65 25.9
2015/16 58 14 160 18 8.89 2.76 19.3
2013/14 19 6 59 5 11.8 3.11 22.8
2012/13 15 1 53 1 53 3.53 90
2011/12 7 0 43 2 21.5 6.14 21
2010/11 4 1 12 0 — 3 —
2009/10 0.3 0 3 1 3 9 2

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 8 0 1 0 9
2024/25 3 0 0 0 3
2023/24 2 0 1 0 3
2022/23 1 0 1 0 2
2021/22 1 0 1 0 2
2020/21 3 0 0 0 3
2016/17 4 0 0 0 4
2015/16 4 0 0 0 4
2014/15 2 0 0 0 2
2012/13 1 0 0 0 1
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