Sophie Preston (14)

Batting – Lower-Order Batter U14 (2025/26) NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: North Coast Cricket Council - Rep Teams. · Nulla Cricket Club · Mid North Coast Junior Cricket Council - Rep Teams · Nulla Junior Cricket Club · Macleay Valley Cricket Association - Rep Teams
Age: Born on/after 1 Sep 2011 (inferred from U14 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield: 0 season(s) played · last GS year 2027/28 (ages out of U16 after this)
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Overall Needs Work
5/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
11/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Strong
~49/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match

Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 86 imported matches (+1.7)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 3.7 over 62 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

26 of 41 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 86 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 31% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

Strengths

How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 11 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 49 × 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 38). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 38 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 10 catches + 5 run outs (2 direct, 3 assisted) in 86 matches — 0.17 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 62 innings at 3.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
50 wickets in 68 matches bowled in (of 86 played) — 0.74 per match at 17.0, economy 4.80, strike rate 21.2.

Fielding — imported matches (86)

10
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.12
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
3
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
15
Total dismissals
0.17
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

172
Runs (62 inns)
3.71
Avg (adj)
27.24
Strike rate
42
High score
21
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

50
Wickets (176.7 ov)
4.8
Economy
16.96
Average
10
Maidens
0.78
Extras / over
21.2
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 86 imported
Batting 172 runs in 62 inns @ 3.71 (SR 27.24)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 42, 19 ducks
Bowling 50 wkts @ 16.96 (econ 4.8, SR 21.2)
Best / 5WI 3-5 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 10 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 15 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.12
Catches / match
0.17
Dismissals / match

Across 86 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 0 3 3 3 13.04 0 0
2025/26 18 8 71 21 5.7 23.91 0 0
2024/25 8 1 16 12 2.25 20.51 0 0
2023/24 16 6 17 4* 1.46 20.73 0 0
2022/23 16 4 22 5* 1.72 18.97 0 0
2021/22 1 1 42 42* 42 182.61 0 0
2020/21 1 0 1 1 1 20 0 0
2019/20 1 1 0 0* 0 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 10.8 0 67 3 22.33 6.18 21.7
2025/26 43.8 2 250 11 22.73 5.7 23.9
2024/25 24 2 91 10 9.1 3.79 14.4
2023/24 52 5 227 18 12.61 4.37 17.3
2022/23 32 1 140 4 35 4.38 48
2021/22 1 0 4 0 — 4 —
2020/21 5 0 38 0 — 7.6 —
2019/20 3 0 13 3 4.33 4.33 6
2018/19 5 0 18 1 18 3.6 30

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 3 0 2 0 5
2024/25 1 0 0 0 1
2023/24 2 0 1 0 3
2022/23 2 0 1 0 3
2020/21 1 0 1 0 2
2019/20 1 0 0 0 1
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