Matthew Placek (12)
Batting – Opening Batter
U12 (2025/26)
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Keira Cricket Club · Cricket Illawarra - Representative Teams
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2013
(inferred from U12 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2029/30 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
12/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Advance
61/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Strong
~35/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 4 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 8 matches (+3.2)
- ● Body of work — 37 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 63.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.70 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 26 catches in 37 matches (0.70 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 10 run outs.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 61 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 35 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.32 for the level played (Rep Div 2 8 · Club 29). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 37 matches since 28 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 17 catches + 10 run outs (1 direct, 9 assisted) in 37 matches — 0.73 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 28 innings at 17.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 17 wickets in 32 matches bowled in (of 37 played) — 0.53 per match at 23.9, economy 4.51, strike rate 31.8.
Fielding — imported matches (37)
17
Ct (field)
9
Ct (WK)
0.7
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
9
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
36
Total dismissals
0.97
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
373
Runs (28 inns)
17.13
Avg (adj)
63.65
Strike rate
44
High score
8
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
17
Wickets (90 ov)
4.51
Economy
23.88
Average
4
Maidens
0.14
Extras / over
31.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 37 imported |
| Batting | 373 runs in 28 inns @ 17.13 (SR 63.65) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 44, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 17 wkts @ 23.88 (econ 4.51, SR 31.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-10 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 26 ct, 10 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 36 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.7
Catches / match
0.97
Dismissals / match
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29* | 29 | 96.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 23 | 7 | 322 | 44 | 18.26 | 63.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 5.5 | 43.14 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2.33 | 18 |
| 2025/26 | 75 | 2 | 357 | 15 | 23.8 | 4.76 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 12 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 42 | 3.5 | 72 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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