Martin Branston (40)

★ Div 1 Rep Bowling – Opening Bowler U17 (2002/03) WA Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Scarborough Cricket Club
Age: Born on/after 1 Sep 1985 (inferred from U17 eligibility, 2002/03 season)
Green Shield: 0 season(s) played · last GS year 2001/02 (ages out of U16 after this)
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Overall Needs Work
25/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
15/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
46/100

Representative pathway — 18 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Division 1 representative (+4)
  • ● Premier or state pathway — 125 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 7 matches (+1.1)
  • ● Body of work — 132 imported matches (+2.6)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 56.1 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 11% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

medium Bowling
Tight but not threatening

Economy of 2.76 is excellent but a wicket every 46 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.

medium Fielding
Low overall fielding impact

0.17 dismissals per match across 132 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.76.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 15 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 46 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.66 for the level played (1st grade 51 · Rep Div 1 1 · 2nd grade 77 · 3rd grade 3). 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: 21 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 132 matches — 0.17 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 123 innings at 16.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
211 wickets in 127 matches bowled in (of 132 played) — 1.66 per match at 21.2, economy 2.76, strike rate 46.1.

Fielding — imported matches (132)

21
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.16
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
22
Total dismissals
0.17
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

1622
Runs (123 inns)
16.08
Avg (adj)
56.13
Strike rate
86
High score
27
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

211
Wickets (1621.8 ov)
2.76
Economy
21.24
Average
387
Maidens
0.03
Extras / over
46.1
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 132 imported
Batting 1622 runs in 123 inns @ 16.08 (SR 56.13)
Milestones 0×100, 5×50, HS 86, 13 ducks
Bowling 211 wkts @ 21.24 (econ 2.76, SR 46.1)
Best / 5WI 6-26 · 6 five-fors
Fielding 21 ct, 1 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 22 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.16
Catches / match
0.17
Dismissals / match

Across 132 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
2018/19 6 1 65 31* 12.64 73.03 0 0
2017/18 6 0 88 51 14.67 70.97 1 0
2016/17 8 0 105 31 13.13 82.68 0 0
2015/16 8 3 15 5* 2.58 48.39 0 0
2014/15 15 3 146 30 11.68 125.86 0 0
2013/14 14 3 322 64 27.93 — 1 0
2012/13 7 0 112 48 16 121.74 0 0
2011/12 9 4 74 20* 11.88 — 0 0
2010/11 6 1 122 86 23.72 — 1 0
2009/10 6 1 132 43 25.67 — 0 0
2008/09 13 7 18 5 2.13 — 0 0
2007/08 13 2 190 53 16.86 — 1 0
2006/07 9 1 162 77 20 — 1 0
2005/06 2 1 27 15* 20.25 — 0 0
2002/03 1 0 44 44 44 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2018/19 45 7 146 6 24.33 3.24 45
2017/18 71 16 166 14 11.86 2.34 30.4
2016/17 82.7 28 191 12 15.92 2.31 41.3
2015/16 129 33 365 15 24.33 2.83 51.6
2014/15 168.5 40 460 26 17.69 2.73 38.9
2013/14 174.7 35 571 24 23.79 3.27 43.7
2012/13 82.7 18 236 11 21.45 2.85 45.1
2011/12 190 41 505 19 26.58 2.66 60
2010/11 112 42 212 19 11.16 1.89 35.4
2009/10 54 11 126 4 31.5 2.33 81
2008/09 149.3 27 451 18 25.06 3.02 49.8
2007/08 164 39 543 19 28.58 3.31 51.8
2006/07 172 41 452 24 18.83 2.63 43
2005/06 20 9 38 0 — 1.9 —
2002/03 7 0 19 0 — 2.71 —

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2018/19 1 0 0 0 1
2017/18 1 0 0 0 1
2016/17 4 0 0 0 4
2014/15 4 0 0 0 4
2013/14 6 0 0 0 6
2012/13 1 0 1 0 2
2010/11 2 0 0 0 2
2007/08 2 0 0 0 2
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