Matt Johnston
Bowling – Opening Bowler
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
University Cricket Club · Peninsula Cricket Club · Wanderers Inc - Townsville Cricket Club · Everton Districts Cricket Club · Carina Cricket Club · Bulleen Cricket Club · Port District Cricket Club · Northern Suburbs District Cricket Club · North Queensland Cricket Association Inc.
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
129 off 124
A Grade Two Day Comp · 2023/24 · 11×4, 6×6
· SR 104
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 55 balls (SR 91), then 50 to 100 in just 47 (SR 106) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
80 of 129 runs (62%) in boundaries · 60% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 28 balls · SR 71
watchful
20→40
· 20 balls · SR 100
steady
40→50
· 7 balls · SR 143
brisk
50→60
· 4 balls · SR 250
explosive
60→80
· 28 balls · SR 71
watchful
80→100
· 15 balls · SR 133
brisk
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
13/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
63/100
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 80 imported matches (+1.6)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 11% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
medium
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.24 dismissals per match across 80 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.0.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.99.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 13 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 63 × 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 26). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 26 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 19 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 80 matches — 0.24 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 82 innings at 17.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 97 wickets in 61 matches bowled in (of 80 played) — 1.59 per match at 17.0, economy 2.99, strike rate 34.1.
Fielding — imported matches (80)
19
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.24
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
19
Total dismissals
0.24
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1247
Runs (82 inns)
17.43
Avg (adj)
79.31
Strike rate
129
High score
12
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
97
Wickets (550.7 ov)
2.99
Economy
16.97
Average
120
Maidens
0.09
Extras / over
34.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 80 imported |
| Batting | 1247 runs in 82 inns @ 17.43 (SR 79.31) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 2×50, HS 129, 9 ducks |
| Bowling | 97 wkts @ 16.97 (econ 2.99, SR 34.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-15 · 4 five-fors |
| Fielding | 19 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 19 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.24
Catches / match
0.24
Dismissals / match
Across 80 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 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 13 | 4 | 149 | 24 | 14.99 | 69.95 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 9 | 0 | 194 | 59 | 21.56 | 84.35 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 9 | 0 | 194 | 129 | 21.56 | 81.17 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 15 | 2 | 225 | 33 | 17 | 274.39 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 2 | 107 | 42 | 29.96 | 1188.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 28 | 11.76 | 140 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 24 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 36.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 13 | 2 | 176 | 55 | 15.62 | 95.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005/06 | 6 | 1 | 85 | 42 | 16.53 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 2025/26 | 124.2 | 21 | 438 | 25 | 17.52 | 3.53 | 29.8 |
| 2024/25 | 58 | 20 | 134 | 11 | 12.18 | 2.31 | 31.6 |
| 2023/24 | 108 | 29 | 264 | 15 | 17.6 | 2.44 | 43.2 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | — | 6 | — |
| 2021/22 | 17 | 2 | 59 | 3 | 19.67 | 3.47 | 34 |
| 2017/18 | 35 | 6 | 169 | 4 | 42.25 | 4.83 | 52.5 |
| 2016/17 | 28.3 | 3 | 93 | 6 | 15.5 | 3.28 | 28.3 |
| 2012/13 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | — | 5.5 | — |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1.75 | 24 |
| 2010/11 | 102.2 | 24 | 248 | 17 | 14.59 | 2.43 | 36.1 |
| 2009/10 | 26 | 10 | 81 | 8 | 10.13 | 3.12 | 19.5 |
| 2005/06 | 30 | 4 | 66 | 5 | 13.2 | 2.2 | 36 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010/11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Pathway benchmark
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