Michael Waters
Bowling – Opening Bowler
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Mount Gambier & District Cricket Association - Representative · SACA Country - Representative · Mount Gambier & District Cricket Association · South East (SA) - Representative · Penola Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
12/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
18/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
70/100
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 6 matches (+2.4)
- ● Body of work — 39 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
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
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.15 dismissals per match across 39 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 12.2.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.04.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 24 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 18 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 70 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.43 for the level played (State competition 6 · Club 23). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 29 matches since 28 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 6 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 39 matches — 0.15 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 35 innings at 16.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 58 wickets in 32 matches bowled in (of 39 played) — 1.81 per match at 12.2, economy 3.04, strike rate 24.2.
Fielding — imported matches (39)
6
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.15
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
6
Total dismissals
0.15
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
520
Runs (35 inns)
16.56
Avg (adj)
66.62
Strike rate
72
High score
4
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
58
Wickets (233.8 ov)
3.04
Economy
12.24
Average
56
Maidens
0.26
Extras / over
24.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 39 imported |
| Batting | 520 runs in 35 inns @ 16.56 (SR 66.62) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 72, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 58 wkts @ 12.24 (econ 3.04, SR 24.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-14 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 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 6 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.15
Catches / match
0.15
Dismissals / match
Across 39 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 | 19 | 4 | 241 | 72 | 15.35 | 68.86 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 7.17 | 70.49 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 122 | 48 | 20.33 | 70.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 114 | 64 | 28.5 | 114 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 148 | 36 | 426 | 34 | 12.53 | 2.88 | 26.1 |
| 2024/25 | 47.5 | 10 | 174 | 16 | 10.88 | 3.66 | 17.8 |
| 2023/24 | 14 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 22.5 | 3.21 | 42 |
| 2022/23 | 24.3 | 7 | 65 | 6 | 10.83 | 2.67 | 24.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Michael compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.