Blake Shepherd
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 35 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 3.1 over 22 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
8 of 16 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 0.03 catches per match over 35 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 36% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.9.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 0 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 62 × 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 24). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 24 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 1 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 35 matches — 0.03 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 22 innings at 3.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 36 wickets in 30 matches bowled in (of 35 played) — 1.20 per match at 17.9, economy 4.15, strike rate 25.9.
Fielding — imported matches (35)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 35 imported |
| Batting | 53 runs in 22 inns @ 3.07 (SR 26.77) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 10, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 36 wkts @ 17.92 (econ 4.15, SR 25.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-6 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 1 ct, 0 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 1 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 35 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 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 4.13 | 42.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9* | 4.32 | 35.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1.6 | 13.68 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 4.67 | 9 |
| 2025/26 | 64.2 | 6 | 256 | 20 | 12.8 | 3.99 | 19.3 |
| 2024/25 | 39.3 | 0 | 182 | 5 | 36.4 | 4.63 | 47.2 |
| 2023/24 | 45.8 | 4 | 179 | 7 | 25.57 | 3.91 | 39.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Blake compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.