Laird McKay (24)
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 4 matches (+0.6)
- ● Body of work — 46 imported matches (+0.9)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 11.5 over 34 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
0.8 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
19 of 27 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.
Out for 0 in 21% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.20 dismissals per match across 46 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 8 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 50 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.33 for the level played (Rep Div 1 4 · Club 42). 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: 6 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 46 matches — 0.13 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 34 innings at 11.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 40 wickets in 36 matches bowled in (of 46 played) — 1.11 per match at 22.2, economy 5.14, strike rate 25.9.
Fielding — imported matches (46)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 46 imported |
| Batting | 324 runs in 34 inns @ 11.49 (SR 43.56) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 61, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 40 wkts @ 22.18 (econ 5.14, SR 25.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-10 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 0 RO, 1 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 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 3.5 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 57.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5.94 | 34.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 7 | 1 | 90 | 41 | 14.69 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9* | 5.69 | 1300 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 13 | 2 | 177 | 61 | 15.71 | — | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
| 2021/22 | 34 | 3 | 175 | 8 | 21.88 | 5.15 | 25.5 |
| 2020/21 | 2.7 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 8.25 | 16 |
| 2019/20 | 26 | 4 | 129 | 6 | 21.5 | 4.96 | 26 |
| 2018/19 | 23 | 1 | 136 | 2 | 68 | 5.91 | 69 |
| 2017/18 | 14 | 2 | 44 | 9 | 4.89 | 3.14 | 9.3 |
| 2016/17 | 67 | 2 | 358 | 14 | 25.57 | 5.34 | 28.7 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
How does Laird compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.