Michael Strong

Bowling – First-Change Bowler NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: NSW Masters Cricket - Representative Teams · Campbelltown Camden District Cricket Club · Camden Cricket Club · I Zingari Australia Cricket Club · Sydney Masters Cricket Association
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Overall Needs Work
6/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
27/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
37/100

Representative pathway — 8 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Regional representative — 23 matches (+3.4)
  • ● Body of work — 209 imported matches (+4.2)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 49.8 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (12 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

Strengths

  • ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.6.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.96.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 27 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 37 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.24 for the level played (Club 2 · 4th grade 8 · 5th grade and below 15). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 25 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 67 catches + 3 run outs (2 direct, 1 assisted) in 209 matches — 0.33 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 209 innings at 18.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
271 wickets in 172 matches bowled in (of 209 played) — 1.58 per match at 17.6, economy 2.96, strike rate 35.6.

Fielding — imported matches (209)

67
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.32
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
70
Total dismissals
0.33
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

3420
Runs (209 inns)
18.09
Avg (adj)
49.84
Strike rate
87
High score
22
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

271
Wickets (1609.2 ov)
2.96
Economy
17.55
Average
354
Maidens
0.1
Extras / over
35.6
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 209 imported
Batting 3420 runs in 209 inns @ 18.09 (SR 49.84)
Milestones 0×100, 12×50, HS 87, 19 ducks
Bowling 271 wkts @ 17.55 (econ 2.96, SR 35.6)
Best / 5WI 6-23 · 7 five-fors
Fielding 67 ct, 3 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 70 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.32
Catches / match
0.33
Dismissals / match

Across 209 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 2 0 15 13 7.5 32.61 0 0
2025/26 13 1 111 23 9.2 44.76 0 0
2024/25 11 1 141 26 13.98 59.24 0 0
2023/24 10 0 166 39 16.6 56.27 0 0
2022/23 16 2 255 65 17.93 1062.5 1 0
2021/22 12 1 184 36 16.61 311.86 0 0
2020/21 13 1 231 53* 19.14 320.83 2 0
2019/20 11 2 138 45 14.83 — 0 0
2018/19 13 2 235 52 20.86 3916.67 1 0
2017/18 21 0 392 63 18.67 — 3 0
2016/17 17 2 257 39 16.9 233.64 0 0
2015/16 18 3 304 78* 19.7 94.12 1 0
2014/15 15 1 251 55 17.85 187.31 1 0
2013/14 17 0 333 87 19.59 594.64 2 0
2012/13 5 1 71 28 17.04 — 0 0
2011/12 11 2 213 48 22.88 — 0 0
2010/11 3 2 115 79 63.89 — 1 0
2009/10 1 1 8 8* 8 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2025/26 115 25 293 15 19.53 2.55 46
2024/25 85 21 227 7 32.43 2.67 72.9
2023/24 112.5 26 378 11 34.36 3.36 61.4
2022/23 133.5 35 382 18 21.22 2.86 44.5
2021/22 99 18 251 16 15.69 2.54 37.1
2020/21 126.5 24 418 18 23.22 3.3 42.2
2019/20 76.2 9 303 14 21.64 3.98 32.6
2018/19 81.8 11 275 22 12.5 3.36 22.3
2017/18 97.7 15 372 19 19.58 3.81 30.8
2016/17 189.2 51 566 27 20.96 2.99 42
2015/16 241.5 74 490 46 10.65 2.03 31.5
2014/15 138.5 31 384 37 10.38 2.77 22.5
2013/14 85.8 11 308 17 18.12 3.59 30.3
2012/13 3 0 42 0 — 14 —
2011/12 24 3 67 4 16.75 2.79 36

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 4 0 0 0 4
2024/25 3 0 1 0 4
2023/24 2 0 0 0 2
2022/23 5 0 1 0 6
2021/22 4 0 0 0 4
2019/20 4 0 0 0 4
2018/19 6 0 0 0 6
2017/18 7 0 1 0 8
2016/17 6 0 0 0 6
2015/16 13 0 0 0 13
2014/15 11 0 0 0 11
2013/14 1 0 0 0 1
2010/11 1 0 0 0 1
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