Taj Johnstone (17)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U14 (2022/23)
VIC
Balanced scorer
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Ringwood District Cricket Association - Representative · Bayswater Park Cricket Club · Heathmont Cricket Club · Croydon Cricket Club · Ainslie Park Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2008
(inferred from U14 eligibility, 2022/23 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2024/25 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
11/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Advance
55/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
67/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 57 imported matches (+1.1)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 10% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.0.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.24.
- ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 11 run outs.
- ✓ Reliable in the field — contributes a dismissal every second match.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 55 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 67 × 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 57). 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: 17 catches + 11 run outs (11 direct, 0 assisted) in 57 matches — 0.49 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 48 innings at 15.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 44 wickets in 53 matches bowled in (of 57 played) — 0.83 per match at 15.0, economy 3.24, strike rate 27.8.
Fielding — imported matches (57)
17
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.32
Catches / match
11
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
29
Total dismissals
0.51
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
515
Runs (48 inns)
15.65
Avg (adj)
88.29
Strike rate
72
High score
22
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
44
Wickets (204 ov)
3.24
Economy
15.02
Average
30
Maidens
0.42
Extras / over
27.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 57 imported |
| Batting | 515 runs in 48 inns @ 15.65 (SR 88.29) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 72, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 44 wkts @ 15.02 (econ 3.24, SR 27.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-16 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 18 ct, 11 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 29 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.32
Catches / match
0.51
Dismissals / match
Across 57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2.66 | 58.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 18 | 9 | 156 | 33 | 13 | 143.12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 14 | 7 | 274 | 72* | 29.36 | 106.61 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 6.5 | 86.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 25* | 25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8* | 5.56 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48.5 | 17 | 97 | 13 | 7.46 | 2 | 22.4 |
| 2021/22 | 76.7 | 4 | 281 | 15 | 18.73 | 3.67 | 30.7 |
| 2020/21 | 42.8 | 3 | 166 | 9 | 18.44 | 3.88 | 28.6 |
| 2019/20 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 5.2 | 2.36 | 13.2 |
| 2018/19 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 2.43 | 42 |
| 2016/17 | 18 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 74 | 4.11 | 108 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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