Joseph Leighton (38)
Bowling – Opening Bowler
U21 (2008/09)
NSW
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Newcastle City & Eastern Districts Cricket Club · Berowra Cricket Club Inc. · Brighton Cricket Club · Valley Cricket Club · UTS North Sydney Cricket Club · Merewether Cricket Club · Central North Cricket Zone (Country Rep)
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1987
(inferred from U21 eligibility, 2008/09 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2003/04 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
13/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
23/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
66/100
Representative pathway — 13 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 22 matches (+8.8)
- ● Regional representative — 9 matches (+1.3)
- ● Body of work — 124 imported matches (+2.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 13.2 over 99 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 15% 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 16.4.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.25.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 23 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 66 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.34 for the level played (Rep Div 1 3 · 2nd grade 22 · 3rd grade 6 · Club 93). 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: 32 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 124 matches — 0.27 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 99 innings at 13.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 178 wickets in 113 matches bowled in (of 124 played) — 1.58 per match at 16.5, economy 3.25, strike rate 30.4.
Fielding — imported matches (124)
32
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.26
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
34
Total dismissals
0.27
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1126
Runs (99 inns)
13.21
Avg (adj)
88.04
Strike rate
49
High score
16
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
178
Wickets (901.5 ov)
3.25
Economy
16.45
Average
193
Maidens
0.14
Extras / over
30.4
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 124 imported |
| Batting | 1126 runs in 99 inns @ 13.21 (SR 88.04) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 49, 15 ducks |
| Bowling | 178 wkts @ 16.45 (econ 3.25, SR 30.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 7-16 · 4 five-fors |
| Fielding | 32 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 34 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.26
Catches / match
0.27
Dismissals / match
Across 124 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 8 | 1 | 55 | 15 | 7.73 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 4.5 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 14 | 2 | 170 | 30 | 13.88 | 112.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 12 | 1 | 197 | 38 | 17.78 | 198.99 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 15 | 3 | 194 | 36 | 15.52 | 485 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 22* | 32.25 | 165.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 32 | 17.5 | 145.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 8 | 3 | 130 | 43 | 22.34 | 135.42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 7 | 1 | 67 | 15 | 10.94 | 79.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 7 | 0 | 110 | 49 | 15.71 | 78.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 26* | 6.56 | 97.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 26* | 22.5 | 166.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 5.31 | 62.96 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 89.2 | 26 | 194 | 22 | 8.82 | 2.18 | 24.3 |
| 2019/20 | 54 | 16 | 154 | 11 | 14 | 2.85 | 29.5 |
| 2018/19 | 92.5 | 24 | 287 | 18 | 15.94 | 3.1 | 30.8 |
| 2017/18 | 93.8 | 21 | 276 | 23 | 12 | 2.94 | 24.5 |
| 2016/17 | 107.2 | 36 | 298 | 33 | 9.03 | 2.78 | 19.5 |
| 2015/16 | 16 | 2 | 60 | 2 | 30 | 3.75 | 48 |
| 2014/15 | 5.7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 36 | 6.35 | 34 |
| 2013/14 | 64 | 8 | 278 | 7 | 39.71 | 4.34 | 54.9 |
| 2012/13 | 84.7 | 12 | 321 | 13 | 24.69 | 3.79 | 39.1 |
| 2011/12 | 92.5 | 17 | 320 | 16 | 20 | 3.46 | 34.7 |
| 2010/11 | 101 | 10 | 401 | 11 | 36.45 | 3.97 | 55.1 |
| 2009/10 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 0 | — | 3.1 | — |
| 2008/09 | 29 | 7 | 79 | 8 | 9.88 | 2.72 | 21.8 |
| 2007/08 | 31 | 8 | 89 | 5 | 17.8 | 2.87 | 37.2 |
| 2006/07 | 31 | 3 | 104 | 8 | 13 | 3.35 | 23.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2016/17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010/11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pathway benchmark
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