Craig McElroy
Bowling – Opening Bowler
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Competitions
Registered with:
Port City Leagues Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
30/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
73/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 55 imported matches (+1.1)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
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.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (4 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.42 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 11.2.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.83.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 24 balls.
- ✓ Safe hands — 23 catches in 55 matches (0.42 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 30 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 73 × 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 55). 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: 22 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 55 matches — 0.42 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 46 innings at 16.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 128 wickets in 53 matches bowled in (of 55 played) — 2.42 per match at 11.2, economy 2.83, strike rate 23.7.
Fielding — imported matches (55)
22
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.42
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
24
Total dismissals
0.44
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
642
Runs (46 inns)
16.38
Avg (adj)
—
Strike rate
82
High score
8
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
128
Wickets (505 ov)
2.83
Economy
11.16
Average
92
Maidens
0.03
Extras / over
23.7
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 55 imported |
| Batting | 642 runs in 46 inns @ 16.38 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 82, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 128 wkts @ 11.16 (econ 2.83, SR 23.7) |
| Best / 5WI | 7-37 · 5 five-fors |
| Fielding | 23 ct, 1 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 24 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.42
Catches / match
0.44
Dismissals / match
Across 55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 18.89 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 31* | 20.44 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 21 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1.6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 4 | 1 | 104 | 82* | 32.5 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 10 | 0 | 116 | 53 | 11.6 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2005/06 | 18 | 3 | 302 | 57 | 19.57 | — | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 3.67 | 1.57 | 14 |
| 2014/15 | 26 | 3 | 75 | 6 | 12.5 | 2.88 | 26 |
| 2013/14 | 37 | 6 | 97 | 12 | 8.08 | 2.62 | 18.5 |
| 2012/13 | 47.7 | 5 | 190 | 20 | 9.5 | 3.99 | 14.3 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 6.5 | — |
| 2010/11 | 52 | 9 | 136 | 7 | 19.43 | 2.62 | 44.6 |
| 2009/10 | 55.7 | 9 | 187 | 14 | 13.36 | 3.36 | 23.9 |
| 2008/09 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0.75 | 48 |
| 2006/07 | 113.2 | 19 | 312 | 20 | 15.6 | 2.76 | 34 |
| 2005/06 | 156.5 | 33 | 402 | 45 | 8.93 | 2.57 | 20.9 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010/11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009/10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006/07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005/06 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
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