Jake Matthews
Representative pathway — 5 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 25 matches (+3.8)
- ● Body of work — 38 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 41.8 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.13 catches per match over 38 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.
27 of 37 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.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 10 × 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 (3rd grade 5 · 4th grade 17 · 5th grade and below 3). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 25 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 5 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 38 matches — 0.13 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 39 innings at 20.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 1 wicket from 4.5 overs across 4 matches bowled in (of 38 played) — 0.03 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (38)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 38 imported |
| Batting | 766 runs in 39 inns @ 20.65 (SR 41.78) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 91, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 1 wkts @ 21 (econ 4.67, SR 27) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-9 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 ct, 0 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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 38 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 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 23.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 15 | 0 | 275 | 91 | 18.33 | 42.9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 12 | 1 | 321 | 71 | 28.98 | 47.49 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 11 | 1 | 160 | 69 | 15.87 | 34.86 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2.5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 4.8 | — |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 12 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Jake compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.