Garath van der Elst
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
WA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Coolbinia-West Perth Cricket Club · Bullsbrook Cricket Club · Metropolitan Veterans Cricket Association (WA)
Overall
Needs Work
6/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
24/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
53/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 1 match (+0.1)
- ● Body of work — 40 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 5.9 over 26 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
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 24 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 53 × 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 23). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 23 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 10 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 40 matches — 0.28 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 26 innings at 5.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 37 wickets in 32 matches bowled in (of 40 played) — 1.16 per match at 20.4, economy 4.62, strike rate 26.5.
Fielding — imported matches (40)
10
Ct (field)
2
Ct (WK)
0.3
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
13
Total dismissals
0.33
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
120
Runs (26 inns)
5.86
Avg (adj)
30.21
Strike rate
22
High score
7
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
37
Wickets (163.3 ov)
4.62
Economy
20.41
Average
10
Maidens
0.08
Extras / over
26.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 40 imported |
| Batting | 120 runs in 26 inns @ 5.86 (SR 30.21) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 22, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 37 wkts @ 20.41 (econ 4.62, SR 26.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-52 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 12 ct, 1 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 13 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.3
Catches / match
0.33
Dismissals / match
Across 40 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 | 8 | 1 | 46 | 22 | 6.47 | 38.02 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 6.89 | 34.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10* | 4.69 | 19.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3* | 1.31 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 5.67 | 35.42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 7.3 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 16.5 | 4.5 | 22 |
| 2025/26 | 49 | 2 | 222 | 10 | 22.2 | 4.53 | 29.4 |
| 2024/25 | 38 | 3 | 197 | 8 | 24.63 | 5.18 | 28.5 |
| 2023/24 | 9 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 9.67 | 3.22 | 18 |
| 2022/23 | 36 | 3 | 151 | 8 | 18.88 | 4.19 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | 11 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 17.67 | 4.82 | 22 |
| 2018/19 | 13 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 23.33 | 5.38 | 26 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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