Hugh McCusker (15)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 38 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 63.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.11 catches per match over 38 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 17% 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 18 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 57 × 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 35). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 35 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 4 catches + 4 run outs (0 direct, 4 assisted) in 38 matches — 0.21 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 23 innings at 16.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 26 wickets in 37 matches bowled in (of 38 played) — 0.70 per match at 20.5, economy 4.20, strike rate 29.3.
Fielding — imported matches (38)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 38 imported |
| Batting | 255 runs in 23 inns @ 16.39 (SR 63.43) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 53, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 26 wkts @ 20.54 (econ 4.2, SR 29.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-25 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 4 ct, 4 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 8 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 38 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 | 13 | 2 | 147 | 30 | 13.05 | 60.74 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 10 | 9 | 108 | 53* | 20.52 | 67.5 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 7 | — |
| 2025/26 | 82.2 | 8 | 359 | 13 | 27.62 | 4.37 | 37.9 |
| 2024/25 | 42 | 5 | 153 | 13 | 11.77 | 3.64 | 19.4 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
How does Hugh compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.