Richard Rains
Representative pathway — 7 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 4 matches (+1.6)
- ● Regional representative — 53 matches (+4.0)
- ● Body of work — 59 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 4.6 over 36 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
14 of 27 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.
Only 0.05 catches per match over 59 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.
Out for 0 in 19% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 6 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 35 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.23 for the level played (3rd grade 1 · Club 6 · 4th grade 5 · 5th grade and below 47). 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: 3 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 59 matches — 0.07 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 36 innings at 4.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 24 wickets in 37 matches bowled in (of 59 played) — 0.65 per match at 33.4, economy 5.01, strike rate 40.0.
Fielding — imported matches (59)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 59 imported |
| Batting | 132 runs in 36 inns @ 4.58 (SR 39.38) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 31, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 24 wkts @ 33.38 (econ 5.01, SR 40) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-4 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 ct, 1 RO, 0 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 4 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 59 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 | 4 | 4* | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 8* | 5.5 | 57.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1.43 | 1000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 4.08 | 55.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 31* | 10 | 70.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4.06 | 108.33 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| 2020/21 | 10 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 33.5 | 6.7 | 30 |
| 2019/20 | 31 | 3 | 152 | 5 | 30.4 | 4.9 | 37.2 |
| 2018/19 | 16 | 0 | 88 | 1 | 88 | 5.5 | 96 |
| 2017/18 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 9.75 | 4.88 | 12 |
| 2016/17 | 22 | 3 | 87 | 3 | 29 | 3.95 | 44 |
| 2015/16 | 67 | 2 | 349 | 9 | 38.78 | 5.21 | 44.7 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | — | 4.75 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
How does Richard compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.