Bill Schafer
Representative pathway — 4 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 24 matches (+3.6)
- ● Body of work — 25 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 61.8 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.08 catches per match over 25 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
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.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 14 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). 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 25). 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: 2 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 25 matches — 0.12 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 25 innings at 20.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 5 wickets from 30.7 overs across 10 matches bowled in (of 25 played) — 0.50 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (25)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 25 imported |
| Batting | 379 runs in 25 inns @ 20.01 (SR 61.83) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 40, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 5 wkts @ 27.4 (econ 4.47, SR 36.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-6 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 2 ct, 1 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 4 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13* | 12 | 40.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 1 | 69 | 24 | 21.56 | 60.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 15* | 13.5 | 85.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 40* | 33.33 | 63.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 40* | 31.5 | 95.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 35* | 35 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 28 | 13.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 30 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 0 | — | 4.33 | — |
| 2020/21 | 11.2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | — | 4.39 | — |
| 2019/20 | 3.5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 4.86 | 21 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 5.4 | 10 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1.67 | 18 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 6.5 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
How does Bill compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.