🏅 Melanie Smith (32)
★ Div 1 Rep
Bowling – Opening Bowler
U16 (2009/10)
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Prospect District Cricket Club · Sturt Cricket Club · SA · East Torrens Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1993
(inferred from U16 eligibility, 2009/10 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2009/10 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Proficient
46/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
50/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
56/100
Representative pathway — 38 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● State representation (+12)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● National championships — 7 matches (+10.5)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 43 matches (+10.0)
- ● Body of work — 50 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 58.8 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
high
Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball
16 of 31 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.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 13% 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 16.6.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.30.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 50 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 56 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.68 for the level played (National competition 7 · 1st grade 11 · 2nd grade 32). 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: 15 catches + 5 run outs (5 direct, 0 assisted) in 50 matches — 0.40 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 45 innings at 17.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 40 wickets in 39 matches bowled in (of 50 played) — 1.03 per match at 16.6, economy 3.30, strike rate 30.2.
Fielding — imported matches (50)
15
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.3
Catches / match
5
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
20
Total dismissals
0.4
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
584
Runs (45 inns)
17.02
Avg (adj)
58.78
Strike rate
55
High score
14
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
40
Wickets (201 ov)
3.3
Economy
16.58
Average
28
Maidens
0.34
Extras / over
30.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 50 imported |
| Batting | 584 runs in 45 inns @ 17.02 (SR 58.78) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 55, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 40 wkts @ 16.58 (econ 3.3, SR 30.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-24 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 15 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 20 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.3
Catches / match
0.4
Dismissals / match
Across 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 10 | 5 | 47 | 25* | 7.05 | 44.34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 2 | 100 | 38* | 28 | 64.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 3.8 | 61.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 3 | 110 | 41* | 48.13 | 60.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 35 | 29.33 | 83.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 16 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 2 | 99 | 55* | 37.13 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4.32 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 7 | 0 | 66 | 32 | 9.43 | 173.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 43 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 40 | 3 | 156 | 6 | 26 | 3.9 | 40 |
| 2018/19 | 22 | 2 | 66 | 4 | 16.5 | 3 | 33 |
| 2017/18 | 25 | 6 | 64 | 6 | 10.67 | 2.56 | 25 |
| 2016/17 | 17 | 3 | 65 | 2 | 32.5 | 3.82 | 51 |
| 2015/16 | 15 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 45 |
| 2012/13 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 0 | — | 3.4 | — |
| 2011/12 | 23 | 2 | 98 | 4 | 24.5 | 4.26 | 34.5 |
| 2010/11 | 24 | 4 | 73 | 5 | 14.6 | 3.04 | 28.8 |
| 2009/10 | 19 | 3 | 55 | 10 | 5.5 | 2.89 | 11.4 |
| 2008/09 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 3.67 | 36 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010/11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009/10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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