🏅🛡️ Liam Blackford (23)

★ Div 1 Rep Fielding – Wicketkeeper-Batter U19 (2021/22) VIC Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Country Barwon · Geelong Cricket Club · Mosman Cricket Club · PINT Cricket Club · Waratah Cricket Club · University of QLD Cricket Club · Australia · Victorian Premier Cricket · North Geelong Cricket Club · Newtown & Chilwell Cricket Club · Victoria · City Cyclones · VIC School Team · Cricket Victoria Country Cup · The Geelong College · CV Emerging Players Program · Melbourne Stars - VIC
Age: Born on/after 1 Sep 2002 (inferred from U19 eligibility, 2021/22 season)
Green Shield: 0 season(s) played · last GS year 2018/19 (ages out of U16 after this)
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🏏 Century highlight
153 off 171
APS First XI Cricket · 2019/20 · 19×4, 1×6 · SR 89

Ball-by-ball detail isn't available for this match, so the innings worm and shot breakdown aren't shown.

Overall Elite
78/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Advance
66/100
Batting Advance
81/100
Bowling
Not enough data

Representative pathway — 48 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● State representation (+12)
  • ● Division 1 representative (+4)
  • ● First-class, BBL or international — 1 match (+2.0)
  • ● National championships — 17 matches (+14.0)
  • ● Premier or state pathway — 27 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 4 matches (+0.6)
  • ● Body of work — 372 imported matches (+5.0)

Critical recommendations

info Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon

0.71 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.

Strengths

  • ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 33.8.
  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 12 hundred(s), best of 153.
  • ✓ Safe hands — 263 catches in 372 matches (0.71 per match), a genuine selection asset.
  • ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 22 run outs.
  • ✓ Sharp glovework — 39 stumpings.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 66 × 40% · Batting 81 × 30% · 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
×0.83 for the level played (National competition 18 · 1st grade 31 · Club 7). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 56 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Keeping: 182 catches + 39 stumpings + 22 run outs (13 direct, 9 assisted) in 372 matches — 0.65 dismissals per match.
Batting
10,302 runs in 371 innings, adjusted average 33.8, strike rate 74.5. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
Not rated: 45 wickets from 187.0 overs across 66 matches bowled in (of 372 played) — 0.12 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.

Fielding — imported matches (372)

81
Ct (field)
182
Ct (WK)
0.71
Catches / match
13
RO (direct)
9
RO (assist)
39
Stumpings
324
Total dismissals
0.87
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

10302
Runs (371 inns)
33.76
Avg (adj)
74.45
Strike rate
153
High score
80
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

45
Wickets (187 ov)
2.89
Economy
12
Average
27
Maidens
0.09
Extras / over
24.9
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 372 imported
Batting 10302 runs in 371 inns @ 33.76 (SR 74.45)
Milestones 12×100, 47×50, HS 153, 19 ducks
Bowling 45 wkts @ 12 (econ 2.89, SR 24.9)
Best / 5WI 4-6 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 263 ct, 22 RO, 39 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 324 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.71
Catches / match
0.87
Dismissals / match

Across 372 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 10 2 366 149* 43.92 78.54 1 1
2025/26 33 3 1,355 116 44.79 76.17 7 3
2024/25 30 2 579 63 20.59 64.33 2 0
2023/24 4 1 42 30 13.13 63.64 0 0
2022/23 35 7 1,011 106 34.66 71.15 5 1
2021/22 59 4 1,458 97* 26.39 85.66 11 0
2020/21 22 1 519 115 24.66 85.08 1 1
2019/20 32 3 1,153 153 39.41 77.59 5 3
2018/19 29 2 1,151 112 42.43 109.2 8 2
2017/18 20 5 583 146* 36.44 150.26 2 1
2016/17 27 6 690 96 31.23 259.4 4 0
2015/16 32 18 688 51* 33.59 625.45 1 0
2014/15 17 10 360 46* 33.63 — 0 0
2013/14 21 16 347 45* 29.11 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2019/20 1 0 13 0 — 13 —
2018/19 24 4 69 3 23 2.88 48
2017/18 12 0 44 1 44 3.67 72
2016/17 15 1 70 3 23.33 4.67 30
2015/16 37 7 81 15 5.4 2.19 14.8
2014/15 50 6 135 6 22.5 2.7 50
2013/14 48 9 128 17 7.53 2.67 16.9

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2026/27 0 15 1 1 17
2025/26 4 25 4 4 37
2024/25 2 27 4 0 33
2023/24 0 2 0 0 2
2022/23 17 26 0 5 48
2021/22 18 28 4 13 63
2020/21 6 26 0 1 33
2019/20 6 12 1 4 23
2018/19 3 12 1 3 19
2017/18 8 0 5 3 16
2016/17 9 7 0 3 19
2015/16 3 1 1 2 7
2014/15 2 0 1 0 3
2013/14 3 1 0 0 4
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