Howard Blackburn
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
NSW
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Registered with:
Cobbitty-Narellan Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
30/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
65/100
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 86 imported matches (+1.7)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 12.0 over 64 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.1.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.86.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 30 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 65 × 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 86). 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: 25 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 86 matches — 0.29 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 64 innings at 12.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 112 wickets in 82 matches bowled in (of 86 played) — 1.37 per match at 16.1, economy 2.86, strike rate 33.9.
Fielding — imported matches (86)
25
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.29
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
25
Total dismissals
0.29
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
594
Runs (64 inns)
12.04
Avg (adj)
—
Strike rate
48
High score
19
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
112
Wickets (632 ov)
2.86
Economy
16.14
Average
150
Maidens
0
Extras / over
33.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 86 imported |
| Batting | 594 runs in 64 inns @ 12.04 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 48, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 112 wkts @ 16.14 (econ 2.86, SR 33.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 7-29 · 3 five-fors |
| Fielding | 25 ct, 0 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 25 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.29
Catches / match
0.29
Dismissals / match
Across 86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 19* | 7.18 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 36 | 17.78 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 5.52 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 11 | 2 | 110 | 48* | 11.82 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 12 | 3 | 152 | 42 | 15.83 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 10.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 6.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 6 | 3 | 64 | 37* | 16 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 8 | 3 | 85 | 33* | 14.61 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5* | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 64 | 12 | 177 | 17 | 10.41 | 2.77 | 22.6 |
| 2020/21 | 73 | 18 | 180 | 15 | 12 | 2.47 | 29.2 |
| 2019/20 | 45 | 10 | 124 | 4 | 31 | 2.76 | 67.5 |
| 2018/19 | 91.7 | 22 | 290 | 23 | 12.61 | 3.16 | 23.9 |
| 2017/18 | 80.7 | 15 | 291 | 11 | 26.45 | 3.61 | 44 |
| 2016/17 | 61.3 | 12 | 154 | 9 | 17.11 | 2.51 | 40.9 |
| 2013/14 | 60 | 11 | 193 | 8 | 24.13 | 3.22 | 45 |
| 2012/13 | 78 | 26 | 206 | 16 | 12.88 | 2.64 | 29.3 |
| 2011/12 | 53.3 | 16 | 134 | 5 | 26.8 | 2.51 | 64 |
| 2010/11 | 25 | 8 | 59 | 4 | 14.75 | 2.36 | 37.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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