Stephen Balfour
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 76 imported matches (+1.5)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 14.1 over 77 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
31 of 61 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 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.40.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 21 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 62 × 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 76). 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: 21 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 76 matches — 0.28 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 77 innings at 14.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 95 wickets in 65 matches bowled in (of 76 played) — 1.46 per match at 18.9, economy 3.40, strike rate 33.3.
Fielding — imported matches (76)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 76 imported |
| Batting | 901 runs in 77 inns @ 14.13 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 3×50, HS 61, 12 ducks |
| Bowling | 95 wkts @ 18.91 (econ 3.4, SR 33.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 7-19 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 21 ct, 0 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 21 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 76 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 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9* | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 11* | 7.2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 9 | 2 | 58 | 22 | 7.88 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 6* | 3.84 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 13 | 3 | 155 | 61* | 14.67 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 6 | 1 | 76 | 31 | 14.78 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 7 | 1 | 64 | 30 | 10.45 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 12 | 3 | 119 | 33* | 12.4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 13 | 0 | 309 | 59 | 23.77 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 34 | 21.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 27 | 8 | 64 | 7 | 9.14 | 2.37 | 23.1 |
| 2020/21 | 71 | 22 | 139 | 13 | 10.69 | 1.96 | 32.8 |
| 2019/20 | 78.5 | 19 | 254 | 13 | 19.54 | 3.24 | 36.2 |
| 2018/19 | 25 | 3 | 71 | 7 | 10.14 | 2.84 | 21.4 |
| 2017/18 | 60.3 | 9 | 216 | 11 | 19.64 | 3.58 | 32.9 |
| 2016/17 | 28 | 2 | 107 | 3 | 35.67 | 3.82 | 56 |
| 2015/16 | 14.3 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 13.33 | 2.79 | 28.7 |
| 2014/15 | 63 | 6 | 288 | 5 | 57.6 | 4.57 | 75.6 |
| 2013/14 | 124.3 | 19 | 483 | 27 | 17.89 | 3.88 | 27.6 |
| 2012/13 | 16 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 80 | 5 | 96 |
| 2011/12 | 10 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 45 | 4.5 | 60 |
| 2010/11 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 | 0.9 | 15 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013/14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Stephen compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.