Matthew Plunkett (19)
★ Div 1 Rep
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U15 (2021/22)
NSW
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Inner West Harbour Junior Cricket Association · Sydney Cricket Club · St Patrick's College (Strathfield) · Concord Briars Junior Cricket Club · City NSW · Inner West Harbour Junior Cricket Association - Representative Teams · Combined Independent Schools PSSA Zone
District represented:
Sydney (Green Shield — NSW Premier Cricket)
· Inner West Harbour (junior rep association)
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2006
(inferred from U15 eligibility, 2021/22 season)
Green Shield:
1 season(s) played
(first 2021/22) · last GS year 2022/23 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
25/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
16/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Elite
69/100
Representative pathway — 22 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Green Shield below age (1 season(s), +4)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 53 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 9 matches (+1.3)
- ● Body of work — 139 imported matches (+2.8)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 50.2 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.
medium
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.22 dismissals per match across 139 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 12.8.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.76.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 16 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 69 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.54 for the level played (State competition 9 · Rep Div 1 41 · Rep Div 2 16 · Club 72 · 5th grade and below 1). 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: 22 catches + 7 run outs (7 direct, 0 assisted) in 139 matches — 0.21 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 127 innings at 19.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 82 wickets in 99 matches bowled in (of 139 played) — 0.83 per match at 12.8, economy 2.76, strike rate 27.8.
Fielding — imported matches (139)
22
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.17
Catches / match
7
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
1
Stumpings
31
Total dismissals
0.22
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1866
Runs (127 inns)
19.32
Avg (adj)
50.23
Strike rate
61
High score
40
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
82
Wickets (379.3 ov)
2.76
Economy
12.78
Average
69
Maidens
0.22
Extras / over
27.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 139 imported |
| Batting | 1866 runs in 127 inns @ 19.32 (SR 50.23) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 61, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 82 wkts @ 12.78 (econ 2.76, SR 27.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-3 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 23 ct, 7 RO, 1 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 31 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.17
Catches / match
0.22
Dismissals / match
Across 139 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 | 20 | 6 | 185 | 49 | 12.03 | 71.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 22 | 5 | 274 | 61* | 15.29 | 116.1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 25 | 9 | 328 | 52 | 17.84 | 60.07 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 16 | 2 | 275 | 53* | 19.34 | 61.11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 25 | 9 | 508 | 52* | 27.64 | 635 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 19 | 9 | 296 | 27* | 22.96 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 45.8 | 5 | 123 | 14 | 8.79 | 2.68 | 19.6 |
| 2020/21 | 55 | 6 | 182 | 10 | 18.2 | 3.31 | 33 |
| 2019/20 | 62.7 | 7 | 245 | 14 | 17.5 | 3.91 | 26.9 |
| 2018/19 | 38.8 | 6 | 119 | 7 | 17 | 3.06 | 33.3 |
| 2017/18 | 105.5 | 27 | 219 | 24 | 9.13 | 2.08 | 26.4 |
| 2016/17 | 71.5 | 18 | 160 | 13 | 12.31 | 2.24 | 33 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017/18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2016/17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
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