Paul Bates
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 39 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 49.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
20 of 36 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 0.13 catches per match over 39 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.
Economy of 3.65 is excellent but a wicket every 46 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 12 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 42 × 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 39). 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: 4 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 39 matches — 0.10 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 42 innings at 16.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 17 wickets in 16 matches bowled in (of 39 played) — 1.06 per match at 27.7, economy 3.65, strike rate 45.5.
Fielding — imported matches (39)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 39 imported |
| Batting | 618 runs in 42 inns @ 16.82 (SR 49.01) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 58, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 17 wkts @ 27.71 (econ 3.65, SR 45.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-22 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 ct, 0 RO, 2 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 11 | 1 | 183 | 34 | 18.15 | 80.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 5 | 1 | 152 | 58* | 36.48 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 0 | 106 | 49 | 21.2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 18* | 15 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 14 | 3 | 106 | 35* | 9.19 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 10.5 | 3.5 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | — | 3.78 | — |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | 2.5 | — |
| 2009/10 | 93 | 18 | 359 | 13 | 27.62 | 3.86 | 42.9 |
| 2008/09 | 17 | 5 | 47 | 2 | 23.5 | 2.76 | 51 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009/10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
How does Paul compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.