Sam Sykes

Bowling – Opening Bowler NSW Balanced scorer
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Registered with: Mosman Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
26/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
26/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
33/100

Representative pathway — 18 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 157 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 43 matches (+4.0)
  • ● Body of work — 204 imported matches (+4.1)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 14.7 over 172 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 19% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Bowling
Tight but not threatening

Economy of 3.97 is excellent but a wicket every 47 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.

Strengths

How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 33 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.66 for the level played (1st grade 69 · 2nd grade 103 · 3rd grade 20 · Club 4 · 4th grade 7 · 5th grade and below 1). 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: 54 catches + 3 run outs (3 direct, 0 assisted) in 204 matches — 0.28 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 172 innings at 14.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
272 wickets in 192 matches bowled in (of 204 played) — 1.42 per match at 30.9, economy 3.97, strike rate 46.7.

Fielding — imported matches (204)

54
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.26
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
57
Total dismissals
0.28
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

2084
Runs (172 inns)
14.72
Avg (adj)
82.58
Strike rate
69
High score
37
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

272
Wickets (2116.7 ov)
3.97
Economy
30.86
Average
352
Maidens
0.2
Extras / over
46.7
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 204 imported
Batting 2084 runs in 172 inns @ 14.72 (SR 82.58)
Milestones 0×100, 2×50, HS 69, 33 ducks
Bowling 272 wkts @ 30.86 (econ 3.97, SR 46.7)
Best / 5WI 5-40 · 3 five-fors
Fielding 54 ct, 3 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 57 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.26
Catches / match
0.28
Dismissals / match

Across 204 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
2019/20 12 5 177 30 20.9 125.53 0 0
2018/19 13 1 185 44 15.33 101.65 0 0
2017/18 14 5 188 46 18.22 95.92 0 0
2016/17 13 1 235 51 19.47 96.71 1 0
2015/16 11 4 95 37 11.78 166.67 0 0
2014/15 13 4 54 25 5.43 62.07 0 0
2013/14 13 3 77 27 7.29 75.49 0 0
2012/13 11 2 79 26* 8.49 54.11 0 0
2011/12 12 3 154 46 16.04 308 0 0
2010/11 13 0 248 69 19.08 106.9 1 0
2009/10 15 4 204 47 17.23 72.6 0 0
2008/09 7 2 84 29* 15.43 57.14 0 0
2007/08 2 1 25 13* 18.75 — 0 0
2006/07 11 1 86 38* 8.53 175.51 0 0
2005/06 9 1 147 40 18.15 294 0 0
2004/05 1 0 36 36 36 — 0 0
2002/03 2 0 10 10 5 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2019/20 149.7 15 676 23 29.39 4.52 39
2018/19 153.7 13 688 16 43 4.48 57.6
2017/18 178.7 42 753 16 47.06 4.21 67
2016/17 166.5 37 588 18 32.67 3.53 55.5
2015/16 154.7 32 455 18 25.28 2.94 51.6
2014/15 150.2 22 541 25 21.64 3.6 36
2013/14 237.3 38 884 48 18.42 3.72 29.7
2012/13 120 24 499 16 31.19 4.16 45
2011/12 95 22 399 9 44.33 4.2 63.3
2010/11 160 26 623 18 34.61 3.89 53.3
2009/10 149.2 25 639 17 37.59 4.28 52.6
2008/09 88 16 346 11 31.45 3.93 48
2007/08 21 2 105 1 105 5 126
2006/07 168.3 25 620 23 26.96 3.68 43.9
2005/06 90.5 8 436 12 36.33 4.82 45.3
2004/05 8 0 42 0 — 5.25 —
2002/03 26 5 101 1 101 3.88 156

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2019/20 4 0 0 0 4
2018/19 3 0 2 0 5
2017/18 5 0 0 0 5
2016/17 7 0 0 0 7
2015/16 4 0 0 0 4
2014/15 6 0 0 0 6
2013/14 2 0 0 0 2
2012/13 3 0 0 0 3
2011/12 4 0 0 0 4
2010/11 2 0 0 0 2
2009/10 2 0 1 0 3
2008/09 3 0 0 0 3
2006/07 6 0 0 0 6
2005/06 2 0 0 0 2
2002/03 1 0 0 0 1
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