Melissa Bownes

Bowling – First-Change Bowler WA Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Melville Cricket Club · Fremantle Mosman Park Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
26/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
14/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Advance
65/100

Representative pathway — 7 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 6 matches (+2.4)
  • ● Body of work — 222 imported matches (+4.4)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 11.5 over 101 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

44 of 79 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 12% 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 15.9.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.80.
  • ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 16 run outs.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 14 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 65 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.85 for the level played (1st grade 6). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 6 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 36 catches + 16 run outs (14 direct, 2 assisted) in 222 matches — 0.23 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 101 innings at 11.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
179 wickets in 182 matches bowled in (of 222 played) — 0.98 per match at 15.9, economy 3.80, strike rate 25.1.

Fielding — imported matches (222)

36
Ct (field)
16
Ct (WK)
0.23
Catches / match
14
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
2
Stumpings
70
Total dismissals
0.32
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

953
Runs (101 inns)
11.49
Avg (adj)
53.51
Strike rate
66
High score
22
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

179
Wickets (749.7 ov)
3.8
Economy
15.91
Average
104
Maidens
0.52
Extras / over
25.1
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 222 imported
Batting 953 runs in 101 inns @ 11.49 (SR 53.51)
Milestones 0×100, 3×50, HS 66, 12 ducks
Bowling 179 wkts @ 15.91 (econ 3.8, SR 25.1)
Best / 5WI 6-2 · 1 five-fors
Fielding 52 ct, 16 RO, 2 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 70 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.23
Catches / match
0.32
Dismissals / match

Across 222 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
2024/25 6 1 53 15 10.31 54.08 0 0
2023/24 6 1 20 6 3.89 41.67 0 0
2022/23 8 2 78 41* 12.19 48.45 0 0
2021/22 11 2 160 48 17.19 63.49 0 0
2020/21 8 3 235 66* 40.39 61.2 3 0
2019/20 5 2 6 3 1.68 66.67 0 0
2018/19 7 2 29 11 5.33 27.88 0 0
2017/18 6 0 46 37 7.67 66.67 0 0
2016/17 4 1 37 26* 11.56 75.51 0 0
2015/16 11 3 46 17 5.32 42.59 0 0
2014/15 9 2 99 29 13.44 52.94 0 0
2013/14 9 2 83 34 11.27 207.5 0 0
2012/13 2 0 33 33 16.5 80.49 0 0
2011/12 3 1 8 5 3.56 66.67 0 0
2010/11 2 0 13 13 6.5 — 0 0
2009/10 2 0 3 2 1.5 20 0 0
2008/09 2 0 4 3 2 66.67 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2024/25 52 7 223 14 15.93 4.29 22.3
2023/24 52 4 274 9 30.44 5.27 34.7
2022/23 78.8 14 275 23 11.96 3.49 20.6
2021/22 73.2 13 227 14 16.21 3.1 31.4
2020/21 69 15 179 14 12.79 2.59 29.6
2019/20 92.3 6 391 19 20.58 4.23 29.2
2018/19 74 9 280 24 11.67 3.78 18.5
2017/18 73.2 8 271 17 15.94 3.7 25.8
2016/17 46.3 8 177 14 12.64 3.82 19.9
2015/16 41 4 213 8 26.63 5.2 30.8
2014/15 56.2 9 175 13 13.46 3.12 25.9
2013/14 23.7 4 89 7 12.71 3.76 20.3
2010/11 6 1 30 1 30 5 36
2009/10 2 0 10 0 — 5 —
2008/09 10 2 34 2 17 3.4 30

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2024/25 2 0 1 0 3
2023/24 5 0 3 0 8
2022/23 2 0 1 0 3
2021/22 4 0 0 0 4
2020/21 3 0 0 2 5
2019/20 5 0 3 0 8
2018/19 2 0 4 0 6
2017/18 4 2 1 0 7
2016/17 1 0 0 0 1
2015/16 5 0 3 0 8
2014/15 0 1 0 0 1
2013/14 2 2 0 0 4
2012/13 0 2 0 0 2
2011/12 1 0 0 0 1
2010/11 0 5 0 0 5
2009/10 0 4 0 0 4
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