🏅🛡️🧢 Matthew Short (30)

All-Rounder – Genuine U19 (2014/15) VIC Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Country Central Highlands · East Ballarat Cricket Club · Australia · Northcote Cricket Club · Victoria · Ballarat Cricket Association · National Performance Squad · VIC School Team
Age: Born on/after 1 Sep 1995 (inferred from U19 eligibility, 2014/15 season)
Green Shield: 0 season(s) played · last GS year 2011/12 (ages out of U16 after this)
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🏏 Century highlight
176 off 226
Kookaburra Men's Premier Firsts · 2016/17 · 18×4, 5×6 · SR 78

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

Overall Elite
100/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Elite
80/100
Batting Advance
77/100
Bowling Advance
21/100

Representative pathway — 79 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● International representation (+20)
  • ● State representation (+12)
  • ● First-class, BBL or international — 101 matches (+16.0)
  • ● National championships — 61 matches (+14.0)
  • ● Premier or state pathway — 63 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 13 matches (+1.9)
  • ● Body of work — 287 imported matches (+5.0)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 61.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

medium Bowling
Tight but not threatening

Economy of 3.61 is excellent but a wicket every 55 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.

info Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon

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

info General
Bowling currently the stronger suit

Bowling average (33.1) beats batting average (28.4) — selection case is as a bowling all-rounder; protect bowling workload first.

Strengths

  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 11 hundred(s), best of 176.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.61.
  • ✓ Safe hands — 152 catches in 287 matches (0.53 per match), a genuine selection asset.
  • ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 13 run outs.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 80 × 40% · Batting 77 × 30% · Bowling 21 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.88 for the level played (National competition 162 · State competition 5 · 1st grade 57 · Rep Div 1 27 · 2nd grade 1 · Club 35). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
Fielding
Outfield: 151 catches + 13 run outs (13 direct, 0 assisted) in 287 matches — 0.57 per match.
Batting
8,084 runs in 307 innings, adjusted average 28.4, strike rate 61.0. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
205 wickets in 209 matches bowled in (of 287 played) — 0.98 per match at 33.2, economy 3.61, strike rate 55.1.

Fielding — imported matches (287)

151
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.53
Catches / match
13
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
165
Total dismissals
0.57
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

8084
Runs (307 inns)
28.39
Avg (adj)
61.03
Strike rate
176
High score
24
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

205
Wickets (1883.5 ov)
3.61
Economy
33.15
Average
234
Maidens
0.04
Extras / over
55.1
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 287 imported
Batting 8084 runs in 307 inns @ 28.39 (SR 61.03)
Milestones 11×100, 43×50, HS 176, 20 ducks
Bowling 205 wkts @ 33.15 (econ 3.61, SR 55.1)
Best / 5WI 4-18 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 152 ct, 13 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 165 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.53
Catches / match
0.57
Dismissals / match

Across 287 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
2022/23 25 3 1,032 119 46.23 76.9 7 3
2021/22 21 5 561 106* 33.07 53.38 1 2
2020/21 17 2 419 94 27.55 50.06 3 0
2019/20 20 1 645 98 33.86 61.9 4 0
2018/19 26 3 767 80 32.9 55.26 6 0
2017/18 20 1 518 81 27.2 65.24 3 0
2016/17 26 4 979 176 43.45 64.96 5 2
2015/16 35 1 670 89 19.69 67.54 4 0
2014/15 27 0 513 94 19 62.64 3 0
2013/14 24 1 286 51 12.41 56.63 1 0
2012/13 25 1 778 128 32.36 96.77 0 3
2011/12 30 2 736 101 26.17 2230.3 5 1
2010/11 8 0 120 32 15 — 0 0
2009/10 3 0 60 50 20 — 1 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2022/23 101 10 416 10 41.6 4.12 60.6
2021/22 181.8 17 653 18 36.28 3.59 60.6
2020/21 80 13 290 6 48.33 3.63 80
2019/20 93 12 275 10 27.5 2.96 55.8
2018/19 112 14 343 7 49 3.06 96
2017/18 171 11 712 16 44.5 4.16 64.1
2016/17 83.3 7 428 6 71.33 5.14 83.3
2015/16 260.5 42 992 33 30.06 3.81 47.4
2014/15 294.3 37 1,047 27 38.78 3.56 65.4
2013/14 181.2 14 682 18 37.89 3.76 60.4
2012/13 81 10 318 9 35.33 3.93 54
2011/12 147.3 30 395 24 16.46 2.68 36.8
2010/11 73 15 174 16 10.88 2.38 27.4
2009/10 24 2 70 5 14 2.92 28.8

Fielding

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