Stephen Cottom (17)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 37 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 51.9 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
15 of 27 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Only 0.08 catches per match over 37 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 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 7 × 40% · Batting 41 × 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 12). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 12 matches since 31 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 3 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 37 matches — 0.08 per match.
- Batting
- 446 runs in 34 innings, adjusted average 15.8, strike rate 51.9. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 6 wickets from 39.0 overs across 14 matches bowled in (of 37 played) — 0.16 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (37)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 37 imported |
| Batting | 446 runs in 34 inns @ 15.82 (SR 51.9) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 67, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 6 wkts @ 26 (econ 4, SR 39) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-4 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 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 3 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 37 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 | 11 | 1 | 214 | 67* | 21.22 | 59.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 55.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 13* | 7.03 | 40.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 36 | 15.33 | 44.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 8 | 3 | 116 | 55 | 19.94 | 68.64 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 0.75 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 20.5 | 5.13 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | 17 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 25 | 2.94 | 51 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 5 | — |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 5.67 | 18 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | — | 5.25 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Stephen compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.