Malcolm Bird
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Woolgoolga Cricket Club · Sixers Cricket League, Coffs Harbour - Rep Teams
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
26/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
68/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 29 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball
8 of 14 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.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 13.3.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 19 balls.
- ✓ Reliable in the field — contributes a dismissal every second match.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 68 × 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 29). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 29 matches since 31 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 5 catches + 4 run outs (1 direct, 3 assisted) in 29 matches — 0.31 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 20 innings at 16.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 33 wickets in 22 matches bowled in (of 29 played) — 1.50 per match at 13.3, economy 4.23, strike rate 18.8.
Fielding — imported matches (29)
5
Ct (field)
3
Ct (WK)
0.28
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
3
RO (assist)
3
Stumpings
15
Total dismissals
0.52
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
246
Runs (20 inns)
15.99
Avg (adj)
73.45
Strike rate
34
High score
6
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
33
Wickets (103.7 ov)
4.23
Economy
13.3
Average
13
Maidens
0.28
Extras / over
18.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 29 imported |
| Batting | 246 runs in 20 inns @ 15.99 (SR 73.45) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 34, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 33 wkts @ 13.3 (econ 4.23, SR 18.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-22 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 4 RO, 3 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 15 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.28
Catches / match
0.52
Dismissals / match
Across 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 12 | 3 | 96 | 25 | 10 | 66.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 3 | 150 | 34* | 25.78 | 115.38 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 9.33 | 4.67 | 12 |
| 2025/26 | 75.7 | 12 | 287 | 22 | 13.05 | 3.79 | 20.6 |
| 2024/25 | 22 | 0 | 124 | 8 | 15.5 | 5.64 | 16.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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