Matt Skelton
Bowling – Opening Bowler
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Rockingham Hornets Cricket Club · Secret Harbour Dockers Cricket Club · Port Hedland Cricket Association · Wanderers Cricket Club (South Hedland) · Peel Cricket Association Inc. · Shoalwater Bay Cricket Club · Safety Bay Cricket Club · Rams
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
25/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
68/100
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 1 match (+0.1)
- ● Body of work — 96 imported matches (+1.9)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 12.6 over 65 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 18% 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 15.3.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.58.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 25 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 68 × 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 (Rep Div 1 1 · Club 95). 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: 32 catches + 3 run outs (3 direct, 0 assisted) in 96 matches — 0.36 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 65 innings at 12.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 167 wickets in 87 matches bowled in (of 96 played) — 1.92 per match at 15.3, economy 3.58, strike rate 25.7.
Fielding — imported matches (96)
32
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.33
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
35
Total dismissals
0.36
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
657
Runs (65 inns)
12.6
Avg (adj)
45
Strike rate
66
High score
16
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
167
Wickets (715.3 ov)
3.58
Economy
15.33
Average
95
Maidens
0.14
Extras / over
25.7
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 96 imported |
| Batting | 657 runs in 65 inns @ 12.6 (SR 45) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 66, 12 ducks |
| Bowling | 167 wkts @ 15.33 (econ 3.58, SR 25.7) |
| Best / 5WI | 7-27 · 4 five-fors |
| Fielding | 32 ct, 3 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 35 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.33
Catches / match
0.36
Dismissals / match
Across 96 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 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2* | 1.78 | 36.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 8 | 1 | 114 | 32 | 16.03 | 45.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 7 | 2 | 129 | 51* | 23.69 | 126.47 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 35 | 19.5 | 557.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 25 | 18.75 | 222.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 3.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 66* | 57 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 26* | 16.89 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 13 | 5 | 90 | 34 | 9.59 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 11 | 2 | 71 | 25* | 7.63 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6* | 4.44 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005/06 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46.3 | 14 | 122 | 13 | 9.38 | 2.63 | 21.4 |
| 2021/22 | 64.7 | 7 | 267 | 17 | 15.71 | 4.13 | 22.8 |
| 2020/21 | 56.8 | 9 | 190 | 11 | 17.27 | 3.34 | 31 |
| 2019/20 | 20 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 17.67 | 2.65 | 40 |
| 2018/19 | 46.2 | 5 | 168 | 10 | 16.8 | 3.64 | 27.7 |
| 2015/16 | 48.8 | 9 | 164 | 13 | 12.62 | 3.36 | 22.5 |
| 2014/15 | 15 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 52 | 3.47 | 90 |
| 2012/13 | 14.5 | 1 | 56 | 4 | 14 | 3.86 | 21.8 |
| 2010/11 | 45 | 4 | 231 | 6 | 38.5 | 5.13 | 45 |
| 2009/10 | 159.2 | 16 | 501 | 37 | 13.54 | 3.15 | 25.8 |
| 2008/09 | 124.5 | 18 | 440 | 28 | 15.71 | 3.53 | 26.7 |
| 2007/08 | 39.8 | 3 | 176 | 10 | 17.6 | 4.42 | 23.9 |
| 2006/07 | 27 | 3 | 120 | 10 | 12 | 4.44 | 16.2 |
| 2005/06 | 7.5 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2.67 | 11.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009/10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2008/09 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2007/08 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006/07 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Matt compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.