Craig Shirley
All-Rounder – Bowling
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Port Augusta Cricket Association - Representative · Dampier Taverners Cricket Club · Upper North - Representative · South Augusta Cricket Club · West Pilbara Cricket Association (Rep)
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
100 off 89
PACA A Grade · 2025/26 · 9×4, 4×6
· SR 112
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 59 balls (SR 85), then 50 to 100 in just 29 (SR 172) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
60 of 100 runs (60%) in boundaries · 51% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 34 balls · SR 59
watchful
20→40
· 18 balls · SR 111
steady
40→50
· 7 balls · SR 143
brisk
50→60
· 2 balls · SR 500
explosive
60→80
· 9 balls · SR 222
rapid
80→100
· 18 balls · SR 111
steady
Overall
Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
15/100
Batting
Proficient
59/100
Bowling
Proficient
63/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 27 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
medium
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.19 dismissals per match across 27 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 100.
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 12.8.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.57.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 15 × 40% · Batting 59 × 30% · Bowling 63 × 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 17). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 17 matches since 31 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 27 matches — 0.19 per match.
- Batting
- 590 runs in 26 innings, adjusted average 25.3, strike rate 68.1. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 26 wickets in 21 matches bowled in (of 27 played) — 1.24 per match at 12.8, economy 2.57, strike rate 29.8.
Fielding — imported matches (27)
5
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.19
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
5
Total dismissals
0.19
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
590
Runs (26 inns)
25.31
Avg (adj)
68.07
Strike rate
100
High score
3
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
26
Wickets (129.2 ov)
2.57
Economy
12.77
Average
26
Maidens
0.03
Extras / over
29.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 27 imported |
| Batting | 590 runs in 26 inns @ 25.31 (SR 68.07) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 2×50, HS 100, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 26 wkts @ 12.77 (econ 2.57, SR 29.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-32 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 ct, 0 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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.19
Catches / match
0.19
Dismissals / match
Across 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 12 | 2 | 414 | 100 | 40.25 | 72.25 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 5.5 | 42.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 52 | 31 | 77.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 1 | 61 | 41* | 9.96 | 53.98 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 50.2 | 11 | 115 | 8 | 14.38 | 2.29 | 37.6 |
| 2024/25 | 26 | 4 | 53 | 5 | 10.6 | 2.04 | 31.2 |
| 2023/24 | 10 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 3.2 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | 43 | 10 | 132 | 11 | 12 | 3.07 | 23.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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