Lucas Birch (13)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 33 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
12 of 19 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
1.1 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
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.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (4 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 35 × 40% · Batting 61 × 30% · Bowling 24 × 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 30). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 30 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 8 catches + 4 run outs (3 direct, 1 assisted) in 33 matches — 0.36 per match.
- Batting
- 570 runs in 32 innings, adjusted average 25.1, strike rate 84.8. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 13 wickets in 27 matches bowled in (of 33 played) — 0.48 per match at 31.6, economy 5.27, strike rate 36.0.
Fielding — imported matches (33)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 33 imported |
| Batting | 570 runs in 32 inns @ 25.05 (SR 84.82) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 84, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 13 wkts @ 31.62 (econ 5.27, SR 36) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-4 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 9 ct, 4 RO, 1 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 14 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 33 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 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 31.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 15 | 8 | 385 | 84* | 39.36 | 115.62 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 14 | 5 | 179 | 54* | 17.35 | 55.94 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 32 | 1 | 164 | 5 | 32.8 | 5.13 | 38.4 |
| 2024/25 | 46 | 2 | 247 | 8 | 30.88 | 5.37 | 34.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025/26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
How does Lucas compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.