Cory Backhouse
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 33 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 13.3 over 24 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
9 of 14 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.
Only 0.12 catches per match over 33 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
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.67.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 14 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 52 × 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 33). 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: 4 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 33 matches — 0.18 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 24 innings at 13.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 24 wickets in 29 matches bowled in (of 33 played) — 0.83 per match at 18.2, economy 3.67, strike rate 29.8.
Fielding — imported matches (33)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 33 imported |
| Batting | 225 runs in 24 inns @ 13.28 (SR 68.18) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 51, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 24 wkts @ 18.21 (econ 3.67, SR 29.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-1 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 4 ct, 2 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 6 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.56 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 51* | 19.08 | 76.81 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 12 | 4 | 158 | 36* | 17.56 | 73.83 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 27 | 3 | 124 | 5 | 24.8 | 4.59 | 32.4 |
| 2017/18 | 28 | 2 | 159 | 6 | 26.5 | 5.68 | 28 |
| 2016/17 | 22 | 2 | 69 | 3 | 23 | 3.14 | 44 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | — |
| 2014/15 | 41 | 14 | 77 | 10 | 7.7 | 1.88 | 24.6 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
How does Cory compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.