Matthew Grindley
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 17 imported matches (+0.3)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 13.3 over 19 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
10 of 19 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 17 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 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.9.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 19 balls.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 13 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 65 × 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 13). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 13 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 2 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 17 matches — 0.12 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 19 innings at 13.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 20 wickets in 16 matches bowled in (of 17 played) — 1.25 per match at 15.9, economy 5.10, strike rate 18.7.
Fielding — imported matches (17)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 17 imported |
| Batting | 252 runs in 19 inns @ 13.26 (SR 85.23) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 52, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 20 wkts @ 15.9 (econ 5.1, SR 18.7) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-3 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 2 ct, 0 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 2 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 14 | 0 | 219 | 52 | 15.64 | 144.08 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 21 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 41.3 | 4 | 191 | 16 | 11.94 | 4.62 | 15.5 |
| 2023/24 | 11 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 63 | 5.73 | 66 |
| 2021/22 | 8 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 16.33 | 6.13 | 16 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 7.5 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How does Matthew compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.