Matthew Jacobs
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 30 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 12.8 over 31 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
14 of 26 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.
Out for 0 in 29% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 14.7.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.37.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 23 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 67 × 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 7). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 7 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 8 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 30 matches — 0.30 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 31 innings at 12.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 63 wickets in 29 matches bowled in (of 30 played) — 2.17 per match at 14.7, economy 3.37, strike rate 26.1.
Fielding — imported matches (30)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 30 imported |
| Batting | 341 runs in 31 inns @ 12.77 (SR 47.92) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 51, 9 ducks |
| Bowling | 63 wkts @ 14.7 (econ 3.37, SR 26.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 7-58 · 4 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 1 RO, 0 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 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 30 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 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 69.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 42 | 14.25 | 96.61 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 20 | 6.86 | 67.74 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10* | 8.89 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 28* | 13.78 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 9 | 1 | 148 | 51 | 18.27 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 15.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 19 | 6 | 69 | 6 | 11.5 | 3.63 | 19 |
| 2024/25 | 69.2 | 16 | 181 | 14 | 12.93 | 2.62 | 29.6 |
| 2023/24 | 56.7 | 7 | 197 | 12 | 16.42 | 3.48 | 28.3 |
| 2021/22 | 20 | 4 | 92 | 5 | 18.4 | 4.6 | 24 |
| 2020/21 | 14 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 3.57 | 84 |
| 2019/20 | 79.2 | 15 | 283 | 17 | 16.65 | 3.57 | 27.9 |
| 2018/19 | 15.5 | 8 | 46 | 8 | 5.75 | 2.97 | 11.6 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Matthew compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.