Matthew McAlpine (23)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 65 imported matches (+1.3)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 7.8 over 45 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Only 0.14 catches per match over 65 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Out for 0 in 20% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.66 is excellent but a wicket every 46 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 15 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 27 × 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 65). 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: 9 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 65 matches — 0.14 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 45 innings at 7.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 31 wickets in 56 matches bowled in (of 65 played) — 0.55 per match at 27.8, economy 3.66, strike rate 45.6.
Fielding — imported matches (65)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 65 imported |
| Batting | 283 runs in 45 inns @ 7.83 (SR 48.55) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 49, 9 ducks |
| Bowling | 31 wkts @ 27.84 (econ 3.66, SR 45.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-18 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 9 ct, 0 RO, 0 st |
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 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4.5 | 20.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 6.16 | 78.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 11.11 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 13 | 2 | 62 | 12* | 5.5 | 151.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 7* | 3.61 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 4 | 1 | 99 | 49 | 30.94 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3.75 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 19* | 6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 15 | 0 | 88 | 2 | 44 | 5.87 | 45 |
| 2019/20 | 37 | 3 | 116 | 2 | 58 | 3.14 | 111 |
| 2018/19 | 14 | 0 | 84 | 1 | 84 | 6 | 84 |
| 2017/18 | 61 | 10 | 203 | 10 | 20.3 | 3.33 | 36.6 |
| 2016/17 | 57.7 | 12 | 179 | 12 | 14.92 | 3.1 | 28.8 |
| 2015/16 | 16 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 25.5 | 3.19 | 48 |
| 2014/15 | 13 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 63 | 4.85 | 78 |
| 2013/14 | 18 | 2 | 62 | 0 | — | 3.44 | — |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 12 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015/16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Matthew compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.