Michael Counsell

Bowling – Opening Bowler NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Sydney University Cricket Club · Manly Warringah District Cricket Club · Harbord Bowling Club Cricket Club · Cromer Cricket Club · Manly Warringah Cricket Association
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Overall Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
8/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
42/100

Representative pathway — 10 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 7 matches (+2.8)
  • ● Regional representative — 22 matches (+3.3)
  • ● Body of work — 203 imported matches (+4.1)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 6.5 over 111 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

32 of 61 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.

high Fielding
Catching return too low for selection

Only 0.12 catches per match over 203 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 21% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.38.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 8 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 42 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.35 for the level played (2nd grade 7 · 3rd grade 5 · Club 4 · 4th grade 8 · 5th grade and below 9). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 33 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 24 catches + 5 run outs (5 direct, 0 assisted) in 203 matches — 0.14 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 111 innings at 6.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
294 wickets in 194 matches bowled in (of 203 played) — 1.52 per match at 20.3, economy 3.38, strike rate 36.0.

Fielding — imported matches (203)

24
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.12
Catches / match
5
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
29
Total dismissals
0.14
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

496
Runs (111 inns)
6.48
Avg (adj)
61.61
Strike rate
29
High score
50
Not outs
11
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

294
Wickets (1764.7 ov)
3.38
Economy
20.3
Average
301
Maidens
0.26
Extras / over
36
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 203 imported
Batting 496 runs in 111 inns @ 6.48 (SR 61.61)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 29, 23 ducks
Bowling 294 wkts @ 20.3 (econ 3.38, SR 36)
Best / 5WI 7-48 · 7 five-fors
Fielding 24 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 29 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.12
Catches / match
0.14
Dismissals / match

Across 203 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 5 5* 5 100 0 0
2025/26 10 5 54 19* 8.1 88.52 0 0
2024/25 7 4 56 24* 12.57 75.68 0 0
2023/24 8 2 25 6* 3.91 39.68 0 0
2022/23 11 6 79 28* 11.1 75.96 0 0
2021/22 13 8 10 4* 1.24 38.46 0 0
2020/21 10 6 1 1 0.16 — 0 0
2019/20 12 5 82 29 9.68 110.81 0 0
2018/19 8 4 22 10* 4.13 129.41 0 0
2017/18 8 2 37 14* 5.78 154.17 0 0
2016/17 4 1 55 26 17.19 — 0 0
2015/16 11 3 54 12 6.25 415.38 0 0
2014/15 2 1 7 7* 5.25 — 0 0
2013/14 1 1 0 0* 0 — 0 0
2012/13 3 0 6 6 2 — 0 0
2011/12 1 1 1 1* 1 — 0 0
2007/08 1 0 2 2 2 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 22 4 86 0 — 3.91 —
2025/26 149.2 27 564 21 26.86 3.78 42.6
2024/25 170.8 24 765 28 27.32 4.48 36.6
2023/24 179.3 26 611 32 19.09 3.41 33.6
2022/23 186.5 48 542 35 15.49 2.91 32
2021/22 99.5 10 345 17 20.29 3.47 35.1
2020/21 126.3 22 397 23 17.26 3.14 33
2019/20 149.3 25 521 30 17.37 3.49 29.9
2018/19 127.5 16 459 20 22.95 3.6 38.3
2017/18 215.5 51 529 43 12.3 2.45 30.1
2016/17 140.7 23 483 15 32.2 3.43 56.3
2015/16 102 12 360 16 22.5 3.53 38.3
2014/15 45 5 144 9 16 3.2 30
2013/14 14 4 49 0 — 3.5 —
2012/13 23 3 55 2 27.5 2.39 69
2011/12 7 1 27 3 9 3.86 14
2007/08 7 0 31 0 — 4.43 —

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 1 0 0 0 1
2024/25 3 0 0 0 3
2023/24 2 0 0 0 2
2022/23 1 0 2 0 3
2021/22 1 0 2 0 3
2020/21 2 0 1 0 3
2019/20 2 0 0 0 2
2018/19 5 0 0 0 5
2017/18 1 0 0 0 1
2016/17 6 0 0 0 6
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