Karen Smith
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 7 matches (+1.1)
- ● Body of work — 70 imported matches (+1.4)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 9.7 over 41 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Out for 0 in 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.23 dismissals per match across 70 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 13.7.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 21 balls.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 25 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 61 × 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 31). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 31 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 12 catches + 4 run outs (2 direct, 2 assisted) in 70 matches — 0.23 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 41 innings at 9.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 69 wickets in 68 matches bowled in (of 70 played) — 1.01 per match at 13.7, economy 3.85, strike rate 21.4.
Fielding — imported matches (70)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 70 imported |
| Batting | 262 runs in 41 inns @ 9.66 (SR 46.19) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 25, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 69 wkts @ 13.72 (econ 3.85, SR 21.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-3 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 12 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 16 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 70 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 | 14 | 6 | 114 | 25* | 11.63 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 7 | 5 | 51 | 23* | 12.49 | 102 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6* | 3.33 | 23.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 12.38 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2* | 1.67 | 8.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 24 | 6.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16* | 16 | 61.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 76.3 | 7 | 308 | 20 | 15.4 | 4.03 | 22.9 |
| 2024/25 | 33.7 | 2 | 145 | 5 | 29 | 4.31 | 40.4 |
| 2023/24 | 2.3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | — | 11.14 | — |
| 2022/23 | 37 | 1 | 148 | 11 | 13.45 | 4 | 20.2 |
| 2021/22 | 32.5 | 12 | 97 | 14 | 6.93 | 2.98 | 13.9 |
| 2020/21 | 35.2 | 2 | 126 | 12 | 10.5 | 3.58 | 17.6 |
| 2018/19 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 10.5 | 3.5 | 18 |
| 2017/18 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 2.29 | 21 |
| 2016/17 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 | 3.9 | 60 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Karen compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.