Ian Abel
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 37 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 37.8 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 14% of 50+ scores become hundreds (6 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
0.57 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.7.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 22 balls.
- ✓ Safe hands — 21 catches in 37 matches (0.57 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 35 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 52 × 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 37). 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: 15 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 37 matches — 0.43 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 33 innings at 26.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 32 wickets in 25 matches bowled in (of 37 played) — 1.28 per match at 17.7, economy 4.72, strike rate 22.5.
Fielding — imported matches (37)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 37 imported |
| Batting | 778 runs in 33 inns @ 26.43 (SR 37.84) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 6×50, HS 100, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 32 wkts @ 17.69 (econ 4.72, SR 22.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-22 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 21 ct, 1 RO, 1 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 23 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 37 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 | 6 | 4* | 4.5 | 27.27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 21 | 11.08 | 64.04 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 0 | 110 | 43 | 18.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 73* | 73 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 68 | 68 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 7 | 0 | 245 | 100 | 35 | — | 2 | 1 |
| 2009/10 | 9 | 1 | 218 | 55 | 26.91 | — | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 20 | 3 | 117 | 3 | 39 | 5.85 | 40 |
| 2019/20 | 24 | 4 | 88 | 7 | 12.57 | 3.67 | 20.6 |
| 2017/18 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 4.29 | 14 |
| 2012/13 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 41 | 8.2 | 30 |
| 2011/12 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 2.8 | — |
| 2010/11 | 26 | 0 | 125 | 6 | 20.83 | 4.81 | 26 |
| 2009/10 | 33 | 4 | 151 | 12 | 12.58 | 4.58 | 16.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011/12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010/11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2009/10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
How does Ian compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.