Sam Gainsford
All-Rounder – Bowling
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Riverina Cricket Zone - Representative Teams · St Patricks Cricket Club (Albury) · Wodonga Cricket Club · Manly Warringah District Cricket Club · Kooringal Colts Cricket Club
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
144* off 115
1ST GRADE · 2023/24 · 5×4, 8×6
· SR 125
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 62 balls (SR 81), then 50 to 100 in just 28 (SR 179) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
68 of 144 runs (47%) in boundaries · 36% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 28 balls · SR 71
watchful
20→40
· 20 balls · SR 100
steady
40→50
· 14 balls · SR 71
watchful
50→60
· 6 balls · SR 167
brisk
60→80
· 14 balls · SR 143
brisk
80→100
· 8 balls · SR 250
explosive
Overall
Needs Work
11/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
41/100
Batting
Proficient
66/100
Bowling
Proficient
63/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 1 match (+0.1)
- ● Body of work — 51 imported matches (+1.0)
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.
Strengths
- ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 32.4.
- ✓ Scores quickly (SR 91.3) without sacrificing consistency.
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 2 hundred(s), best of 144.
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.6.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.75.
- ✓ Safe hands — 18 catches in 51 matches (0.35 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 41 × 40% · Batting 66 × 30% · Bowling 63 × 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 27 · 4th grade 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 28 matches since 30 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 18 catches + 9 run outs (3 direct, 6 assisted) in 51 matches — 0.53 per match.
- Batting
- 1,377 runs in 47 innings, adjusted average 32.4, strike rate 91.3. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 71 wickets in 50 matches bowled in (of 51 played) — 1.42 per match at 16.6, economy 3.75, strike rate 26.5.
Fielding — imported matches (51)
18
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.35
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
6
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
27
Total dismissals
0.53
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1377
Runs (47 inns)
32.41
Avg (adj)
91.33
Strike rate
144
High score
5
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
71
Wickets (314 ov)
3.75
Economy
16.56
Average
27
Maidens
0.13
Extras / over
26.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 51 imported |
| Batting | 1377 runs in 47 inns @ 32.41 (SR 91.33) |
| Milestones | 2×100, 10×50, HS 144, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 71 wkts @ 16.56 (econ 3.75, SR 26.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-29 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 18 ct, 9 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 27 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.35
Catches / match
0.53
Dismissals / match
Across 51 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 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 114.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 12 | 1 | 382 | 109* | 34.49 | 126.49 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 17 | 2 | 296 | 55* | 19.46 | 73.27 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 14 | 2 | 562 | 144* | 45.88 | 107.46 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 54 | 37.67 | 104.63 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 8.67 | 6.5 | 8 |
| 2025/26 | 82 | 8 | 335 | 16 | 20.94 | 4.09 | 30.8 |
| 2024/25 | 127.2 | 15 | 406 | 27 | 15.04 | 3.19 | 28.3 |
| 2023/24 | 76.2 | 4 | 313 | 19 | 16.47 | 4.11 | 24.1 |
| 2022/23 | 24.7 | 0 | 96 | 6 | 16 | 3.89 | 24.7 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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