Luke Alford (23)
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 21 imported matches (+0.4)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 51.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.14 catches per match over 21 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.
12 of 17 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 15% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 8 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). 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 7). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 7 matches since 30 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 3 catches + 5 run outs (2 direct, 3 assisted) in 21 matches — 0.38 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 20 innings at 18.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 15 wickets from 35.7 overs across 10 matches bowled in (of 21 played) — 1.50 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (21)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 21 imported |
| Batting | 314 runs in 20 inns @ 18.06 (SR 51.36) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 75, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 15 wkts @ 7.2 (econ 3.03, SR 14.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-7 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 ct, 5 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 8 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 31.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 18 | 9 | 44.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 110 | 75 | 36.67 | 55.84 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 39* | 30.22 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 6 | 2 | 84 | 41* | 18.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | — | 5 | — |
| 2022/23 | 1.7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 8.4 | — |
| 2016/17 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 30 |
| 2014/15 | 24 | 5 | 49 | 14 | 3.5 | 2.04 | 10.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
How does Luke compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.