Matthew Junk

Bowling – First-Change Bowler NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Gordon District Cricket Club (Premier) · Gerringong Cricket Club · Mosman Cricket Club · Country NSW · South Coast District Cricket Association · NSW Country · St George District Cricket Club · Shoalhaven District Cricket Association · Nowra Cricket Club · Southern Zone Cricket
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Overall Needs Work
18/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Proficient
45/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
28/100

Representative pathway — 10 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 11 matches (+4.4)
  • ● Regional representative — 1 match (+0.1)
  • ● Body of work — 261 imported matches (+5.0)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 59.1 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 11% 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 12% of 50+ scores become hundreds (7 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

medium Bowling
Tight but not threatening

Economy of 2.97 is excellent but a wicket every 51 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.

info Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon

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

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.97.
  • ✓ Safe hands — 120 catches in 261 matches (0.46 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 45 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 28 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.55 for the level played (2nd grade 11 · Club 1 · 4th grade 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 13 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 120 catches + 6 run outs (5 direct, 1 assisted) in 261 matches — 0.48 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 216 innings at 15.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
346 wickets in 242 matches bowled in (of 261 played) — 1.43 per match at 25.2, economy 2.97, strike rate 50.9.

Fielding — imported matches (261)

120
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.46
Catches / match
5
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
126
Total dismissals
0.48
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

2490
Runs (216 inns)
15.74
Avg (adj)
59.1
Strike rate
109
High score
79
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

346
Wickets (2933 ov)
2.97
Economy
25.16
Average
658
Maidens
0.03
Extras / over
50.9
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 261 imported
Batting 2490 runs in 216 inns @ 15.74 (SR 59.1)
Milestones 1×100, 7×50, HS 109, 23 ducks
Bowling 346 wkts @ 25.16 (econ 2.97, SR 50.9)
Best / 5WI 8-63 · 9 five-fors
Fielding 120 ct, 6 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 126 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.46
Catches / match
0.48
Dismissals / match

Across 261 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 1 0 2 2 2 50 0 0
2024/25 10 7 66 16* 11.22 70.97 0 0
2023/24 12 3 127 63* 13.23 67.55 1 0
2022/23 11 4 133 35* 16.49 79.17 0 0
2021/22 12 6 43 11 5.38 71.67 0 0
2020/21 7 0 302 109 43.14 — 1 1
2019/20 18 5 328 64 23.28 184.27 2 0
2018/19 19 14 108 53* 9.87 110.2 1 0
2017/18 15 10 34 17 3.78 113.33 0 0
2016/17 18 7 170 61* 13.12 45.58 1 0
2015/16 18 4 236 31 16.02 80.55 0 0
2014/15 18 2 151 44 9.32 65.09 0 0
2013/14 21 6 428 74 26.2 62.66 1 0
2012/13 4 1 28 12 8.75 400 0 0
2011/12 4 2 45 28 16.88 225 0 0
2010/11 4 0 52 34 13 — 0 0
2009/10 16 5 199 47 16.32 995 0 0
2008/09 8 3 38 13* 6.53 190 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2025/26 10 0 30 1 30 3 60
2024/25 240 69 620 26 23.85 2.58 55.4
2023/24 208.7 50 609 23 26.48 2.92 54.4
2022/23 409.3 143 889 40 22.23 2.17 61.4
2021/22 114.2 20 348 16 21.75 3.05 42.8
2020/21 61.3 4 201 8 25.13 3.28 46
2019/20 201.2 43 529 29 18.24 2.63 41.6
2018/19 263.8 55 923 28 32.96 3.5 56.5
2017/18 266.5 62 818 35 23.37 3.07 45.7
2016/17 193 35 596 20 29.8 3.09 57.9
2015/16 154 36 449 18 24.94 2.92 51.3
2014/15 174 27 598 21 28.48 3.44 49.7
2013/14 138.7 30 414 12 34.5 2.99 69.3
2012/13 30 7 104 4 26 3.47 45
2011/12 41 5 160 5 32 3.9 49.2
2010/11 122.3 31 386 20 19.3 3.16 36.7
2009/10 158 16 598 23 26 3.78 41.2
2008/09 147 25 435 17 25.59 2.96 51.9

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2024/25 11 0 1 0 12
2023/24 6 0 1 0 7
2022/23 13 0 0 0 13
2021/22 5 0 0 0 5
2020/21 4 0 0 0 4
2019/20 14 0 0 0 14
2018/19 8 0 1 0 9
2017/18 4 0 0 0 4
2016/17 9 0 0 0 9
2015/16 11 0 0 0 11
2014/15 7 0 1 0 8
2013/14 9 0 0 0 9
2011/12 1 0 0 0 1
2010/11 6 0 1 0 7
2009/10 6 0 0 0 6
2008/09 6 0 1 0 7
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