Darren 0’connell
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
NSW
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Port Kembla Cricket Club · Shoalhaven District Cricket Association- Rep Teams · South Coast District Cricket Association - Rep Teams · Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens Cricket Club · The Rail Cricket Club · Albion Park Rail Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
28/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
68/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 67 imported matches (+1.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 42.7 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 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.6.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.49.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 28 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 68 × 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 36). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 36 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 19 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 67 matches — 0.30 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 49 innings at 21.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 43 wickets in 34 matches bowled in (of 67 played) — 1.26 per match at 15.6, economy 3.49, strike rate 26.9.
Fielding — imported matches (67)
19
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.28
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
2
Stumpings
22
Total dismissals
0.33
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
776
Runs (49 inns)
21.65
Avg (adj)
42.67
Strike rate
78
High score
18
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
43
Wickets (192.5 ov)
3.49
Economy
15.63
Average
21
Maidens
0.17
Extras / over
26.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 67 imported |
| Batting | 776 runs in 49 inns @ 21.65 (SR 42.67) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 78, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 43 wkts @ 15.63 (econ 3.49, SR 26.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-30 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 19 ct, 1 RO, 2 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 22 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.28
Catches / match
0.33
Dismissals / match
Across 67 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 | 88 | 78* | 66 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 14 | 4 | 155 | 57 | 14.23 | 40.68 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 11 | 5 | 102 | 21* | 13.49 | 49.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 2 | 108 | 35 | 24 | 49.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 16 | 6 | 323 | 54* | 27.76 | 260.48 | 3 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1.7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 6 | — |
| 2025/26 | 13 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 64 | 4.92 | 78 |
| 2024/25 | 104.3 | 13 | 282 | 27 | 10.44 | 2.7 | 23.2 |
| 2023/24 | 16 | 2 | 100 | 3 | 33.33 | 6.25 | 32 |
| 2022/23 | 57.5 | 4 | 216 | 12 | 18 | 3.76 | 28.8 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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