John Costello
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Veterans Cricket VIC Representative Teams · Ballan Cricket Club · Navarre Cricket Club · Richmond Union Cricket Club · Geelong Seniors Cricket Club · Barkly Street Uniting Cricket Club · Pakenham Cricket Club · Veterans Cricket Victoria · South East Coasters Cricket Club · Iona Over 60 · Kooweerup Cricket Club · Victoria Country Veterans Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
9/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
48/100
Representative pathway — 5 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 21 matches (+3.1)
- ● Body of work — 113 imported matches (+2.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 14.8 over 87 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Bowling
Tight but not threatening
Economy of 3.22 is excellent but a wicket every 42 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
medium
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.15 dismissals per match across 113 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.22.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 9 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 48 × 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 40). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 40 matches since 28 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 16 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 113 matches — 0.14 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 87 innings at 14.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 89 wickets in 104 matches bowled in (of 113 played) — 0.86 per match at 22.5, economy 3.22, strike rate 41.9.
Fielding — imported matches (113)
16
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.15
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
17
Total dismissals
0.15
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
891
Runs (87 inns)
14.83
Avg (adj)
50.6
Strike rate
60
High score
39
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
89
Wickets (621.5 ov)
3.22
Economy
22.48
Average
100
Maidens
0.01
Extras / over
41.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 113 imported |
| Batting | 891 runs in 87 inns @ 14.83 (SR 50.6) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 60, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 89 wkts @ 22.48 (econ 3.22, SR 41.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-6 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 17 ct, 0 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 17 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.15
Catches / match
0.15
Dismissals / match
Across 113 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 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14* | 7.78 | 175 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 16 | 6 | 111 | 31* | 9.54 | 49.12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 11 | 6 | 101 | 25* | 14.19 | 52.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 11 | 4 | 114 | 34 | 14.13 | 102.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 8 | 3 | 155 | 34* | 26.64 | 86.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 10 | 3 | 118 | 27 | 15.34 | 79.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 14 | 5 | 161 | 60 | 15.61 | 157.84 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 22* | 12.75 | 57.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 18* | 21.96 | 79.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2* | 2.22 | 10.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16* | 16 | 47.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 14 | 4 | 26 | 0 | — | 1.86 | — |
| 2025/26 | 166 | 21 | 621 | 26 | 23.88 | 3.74 | 38.3 |
| 2024/25 | 91.3 | 16 | 289 | 13 | 22.23 | 3.16 | 42.2 |
| 2023/24 | 62 | 3 | 180 | 6 | 30 | 2.9 | 62 |
| 2022/23 | 75 | 16 | 220 | 7 | 31.43 | 2.93 | 64.3 |
| 2021/22 | 54.8 | 8 | 186 | 10 | 18.6 | 3.39 | 32.9 |
| 2020/21 | 57.8 | 14 | 147 | 9 | 16.33 | 2.54 | 38.6 |
| 2019/20 | 35 | 8 | 116 | 5 | 23.2 | 3.31 | 42 |
| 2018/19 | 33.5 | 4 | 124 | 7 | 17.71 | 3.7 | 28.7 |
| 2017/18 | 20 | 5 | 66 | 5 | 13.2 | 3.3 | 24 |
| 2016/17 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 1.33 | — |
| 2015/16 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 36 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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