Darren Atkins

Bowling – First-Change Bowler SA
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Overall Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Proficient
37/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
55/100

Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 31 imported matches (+0.6)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 3.7 over 14 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

3 of 6 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.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 14% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

Strengths

How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 37 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 55 × 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 9). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 9 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 10 catches + 2 run outs (1 direct, 1 assisted) in 31 matches — 0.39 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 14 innings at 3.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
36 wickets in 30 matches bowled in (of 31 played) — 1.20 per match at 21.2, economy 4.05, strike rate 31.5.

Fielding — imported matches (31)

10
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.32
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
12
Total dismissals
0.39
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

33
Runs (14 inns)
3.7
Avg (adj)
37.5
Strike rate
13
High score
8
Not outs
11
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

36
Wickets (188.8 ov)
4.05
Economy
21.22
Average
11
Maidens
0.12
Extras / over
31.5
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 31 imported
Batting 33 runs in 14 inns @ 3.7 (SR 37.5)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 13, 2 ducks
Bowling 36 wkts @ 21.22 (econ 4.05, SR 31.5)
Best / 5WI 3-16 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 10 ct, 2 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 12 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.32
Catches / match
0.39
Dismissals / match

Across 31 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 2 2 0 0* 0 0 0 0
2024/25 2 1 0 0* 0 0 0 0
2023/24 3 3 2 1* 0.67 22.22 0 0
2022/23 7 2 31 13 5.69 42.47 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2025/26 39.8 5 130 7 18.57 3.26 34.1
2024/25 14 0 64 3 21.33 4.57 28
2023/24 63 4 235 14 16.79 3.73 27
2022/23 72 2 335 12 27.92 4.65 36

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 2 0 2 0 4
2024/25 1 0 0 0 1
2023/24 3 0 0 0 3
2022/23 4 0 0 0 4
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