Matthew Bursa

Bowling – Opening Bowler NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Auburn District Cricket Club · Blacktown District Cricket Club · Bankstown District Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Proficient
41/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Advance
73/100

Representative pathway — 4 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 203 imported matches (+4.1)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 7.0 over 170 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 13% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Bowling
Tight but not threatening

Economy of 3.30 is excellent but a wicket every 40 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.

medium Fielding
Low overall fielding impact

0.21 dismissals per match across 203 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.30.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 41 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 73 × 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 4). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 4 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 38 catches + 4 run outs (3 direct, 1 assisted) in 203 matches — 0.21 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 170 innings at 7.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
330 wickets in 194 matches bowled in (of 203 played) — 1.70 per match at 22.1, economy 3.30, strike rate 40.3.

Fielding — imported matches (203)

38
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.19
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
43
Total dismissals
0.21
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

777
Runs (170 inns)
6.96
Avg (adj)
35.08
Strike rate
59
High score
89
Not outs
11
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

330
Wickets (2214.3 ov)
3.3
Economy
22.13
Average
444
Maidens
0.12
Extras / over
40.3
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 203 imported
Batting 777 runs in 170 inns @ 6.96 (SR 35.08)
Milestones 0×100, 1×50, HS 59, 22 ducks
Bowling 330 wkts @ 22.13 (econ 3.3, SR 40.3)
Best / 5WI 7-16 · 6 five-fors
Fielding 39 ct, 4 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 43 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.19
Catches / match
0.21
Dismissals / match

Across 203 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 5 1 47 16 11.28 38.21 0 0
2023/24 1 1 4 4* 4 57.14 0 0
2022/23 9 7 57 19* 11.26 48.31 0 0
2021/22 12 9 2 1* 0.29 8.7 0 0
2020/21 12 10 16 9* 2.44 18.39 0 0
2019/20 13 11 50 20* 7.1 51.55 0 0
2018/19 4 1 1 1 0.31 100 0 0
2017/18 8 3 70 20 12.03 — 0 0
2016/17 10 3 113 29 14.69 — 0 0
2015/16 10 6 46 22* 7.36 46 0 0
2014/15 16 10 48 17* 4.88 43.24 0 0
2013/14 14 8 43 11* 4.83 32.82 0 0
2012/13 18 4 77 20 5.23 37.02 0 0
2011/12 11 4 60 16* 7.44 83.33 0 0
2010/11 6 3 9 4* 2.25 37.5 0 0
2009/10 11 4 30 7* 3.72 19.35 0 0
2007/08 10 4 104 59 14.56 38.81 1 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2025/26 28.5 17 37 8 4.63 1.3 21.4
2023/24 6 1 32 0 — 5.33 —
2022/23 201.3 47 623 24 25.96 3.09 50.3
2021/22 109.5 12 437 23 19 3.99 28.6
2020/21 161.5 38 495 17 29.12 3.07 57
2019/20 149.5 32 410 26 15.77 2.74 34.5
2018/19 85 18 246 10 24.6 2.89 51
2017/18 101.7 13 298 10 29.8 2.93 61
2016/17 115.7 33 289 31 9.32 2.5 22.4
2015/16 192.3 26 731 25 29.24 3.8 46.2
2014/15 162.2 32 569 14 40.64 3.51 69.5
2013/14 212 40 644 25 25.76 3.04 50.9
2012/13 186.2 42 620 31 20 3.33 36
2011/12 103 21 366 11 33.27 3.55 56.2
2010/11 128.7 22 416 34 12.24 3.23 22.7
2009/10 165.5 32 667 24 27.79 4.03 41.4
2007/08 105.8 18 424 17 24.94 4.01 37.4

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 2 0 0 0 2
2022/23 4 0 1 0 5
2021/22 4 0 1 0 5
2020/21 3 0 0 0 3
2019/20 3 0 1 0 4
2018/19 3 0 0 0 3
2017/18 2 0 0 0 2
2016/17 0 1 0 0 1
2015/16 1 0 0 0 1
2014/15 2 0 0 0 2
2012/13 3 0 1 0 4
2010/11 2 0 0 0 2
2009/10 8 0 0 0 8
2007/08 1 0 0 0 1
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