Wal Murdoch

All-Rounder – Bowling ACT Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Western Wildfire Veterans Cricket Club · North Canberra Gungahlin Cricket Club · Australian National University Cricket Club · Brindabella Cricket Club · Southern Districts Cricket Zone - Masters · Mid North Coast Veterans Cricket Association · Cricket Australia Masters - Representative · Cricket ACT Masters - Rep Teams
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🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
104 off 124
Mens 6th Grade · 2024/25 · 10×4, 1×6 · SR 84

The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 75 balls (SR 67), then 50 to 100 in just 43 (SR 116) — more than double the tempo.

Scoring breakdown
46 of 104 runs (44%) in boundaries · 56% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20 · 38 balls · SR 53 watchful
20→40 · 27 balls · SR 74 watchful
40→50 · 10 balls · SR 100 steady
50→60 · 9 balls · SR 111 steady
60→80 · 16 balls · SR 125 brisk
80→100 · 18 balls · SR 111 steady
Overall Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
17/100
Batting Proficient
48/100
Bowling Proficient
53/100

Representative pathway — 6 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Regional representative — 40 matches (+4.0)
  • ● Body of work — 122 imported matches (+2.4)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 57.0 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 8% of 50+ scores become hundreds (12 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

medium Fielding
Low overall fielding impact

0.22 dismissals per match across 122 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.

Strengths

  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 104.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 17 × 40% · Batting 48 × 30% · Bowling 53 × 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 (3rd grade 1 · Club 25 · 4th grade 14). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 40 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 20 catches + 5 run outs (1 direct, 4 assisted) in 122 matches — 0.20 per match.
Batting
2,466 runs in 111 innings, adjusted average 26.8, strike rate 57.0. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
76 wickets in 87 matches bowled in (of 122 played) — 0.87 per match at 26.0, economy 4.39, strike rate 35.6.

Fielding — imported matches (122)

20
Ct (field)
2
Ct (WK)
0.18
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
4
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
27
Total dismissals
0.22
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

2466
Runs (111 inns)
26.82
Avg (adj)
56.99
Strike rate
104
High score
23
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

76
Wickets (450.5 ov)
4.39
Economy
26
Average
46
Maidens
0.39
Extras / over
35.6
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 122 imported
Batting 2466 runs in 111 inns @ 26.82 (SR 56.99)
Milestones 1×100, 12×50, HS 104, 3 ducks
Bowling 76 wkts @ 26 (econ 4.39, SR 35.6)
Best / 5WI 4-45 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 22 ct, 5 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 27 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.18
Catches / match
0.22
Dismissals / match

Across 122 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 1 64 50* 48 81.01 1 0
2025/26 33 5 675 59 23.55 56.68 3 0
2024/25 37 10 1,150 104 39.48 69.78 8 1
2023/24 22 3 364 47 18.8 60.67 0 0
2022/23 15 4 213 40* 17.99 48.52 0 0
2021/22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 4 0 15 0 — 3.75 —
2025/26 133.8 14 586 27 21.7 4.38 29.7
2024/25 84.5 2 498 15 33.2 5.89 33.8
2023/24 124.3 8 519 16 32.44 4.17 46.6
2022/23 95.8 22 329 16 20.56 3.43 35.9
2021/22 8 0 29 2 14.5 3.63 24

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 6 0 1 0 7
2024/25 8 2 3 0 13
2023/24 2 0 1 0 3
2022/23 2 0 0 0 2
2021/22 2 0 0 0 2
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