Roland Murphy (18)
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
U18 (2025/26)
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Melbourne Cricket Club · Surrey Hills Cricket Club · Old Xaverians Cricket Club · Xavier College · Victoria
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2007
(inferred from U18 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2023/24 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
27/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
38/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
49/100
Representative pathway — 13 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 35 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 9 matches (+1.3)
- ● Body of work — 81 imported matches (+1.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 42.2 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 17% 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.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.58.
- ✓ Safe hands — 29 catches in 81 matches (0.36 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 38 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 49 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.67 for the level played (1st grade 1 · Rep Div 1 27 · 2nd grade 12 · 3rd grade 1 · Club 2 · 4th grade 3). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 46 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 29 catches + 5 run outs (2 direct, 3 assisted) in 81 matches — 0.42 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 47 innings at 17.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 140 wickets in 79 matches bowled in (of 81 played) — 1.77 per match at 19.5, economy 3.58, strike rate 32.7.
Fielding — imported matches (81)
29
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.36
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
3
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
34
Total dismissals
0.42
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
621
Runs (47 inns)
17.15
Avg (adj)
42.17
Strike rate
71
High score
14
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
140
Wickets (764 ov)
3.58
Economy
19.52
Average
119
Maidens
0.08
Extras / over
32.7
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 81 imported |
| Batting | 621 runs in 47 inns @ 17.15 (SR 42.17) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 71, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 140 wkts @ 19.52 (econ 3.58, SR 32.7) |
| Best / 5WI | 8-74 · 5 five-fors |
| Fielding | 29 ct, 5 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 34 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.36
Catches / match
0.42
Dismissals / match
Across 81 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 9 | 2 | 68 | 26 | 9.23 | 29.96 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 14 | 2 | 206 | 71* | 16.82 | 36.79 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 22 | 10 | 347 | 64* | 22.94 | 64.02 | 3 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 72.2 | 13 | 200 | 5 | 40 | 2.77 | 86.6 |
| 2025/26 | 174.5 | 23 | 662 | 42 | 15.76 | 3.79 | 24.9 |
| 2024/25 | 221.8 | 32 | 792 | 25 | 31.68 | 3.57 | 53.2 |
| 2023/24 | 295.5 | 51 | 1,079 | 68 | 15.87 | 3.65 | 26.1 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
Pathway benchmark
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