Bailey Sykes (23)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U21 (2023/24)
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Country Barwon · North Geelong Cricket Club · Grovedale Cricket Club · Victorian Country Cricket League Club · Geelong Cricket Association Rep
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2002
(inferred from U21 eligibility, 2023/24 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2018/19 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
20/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
30/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
61/100
Representative pathway — 8 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 13 matches (+5.2)
- ● Regional representative — 9 matches (+1.3)
- ● Body of work — 82 imported matches (+1.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 8.4 over 38 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 24% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.36.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 30 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 61 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.55 for the level played (State competition 13 · Rep Div 1 9 · Club 27). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 49 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 26 catches + 4 run outs (2 direct, 2 assisted) in 82 matches — 0.37 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 38 innings at 8.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 121 wickets in 80 matches bowled in (of 82 played) — 1.51 per match at 19.2, economy 3.36, strike rate 34.3.
Fielding — imported matches (82)
26
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.32
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
30
Total dismissals
0.37
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
229
Runs (38 inns)
8.41
Avg (adj)
54.16
Strike rate
34
High score
15
Not outs
10
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
121
Wickets (691.8 ov)
3.36
Economy
19.2
Average
97
Maidens
0.05
Extras / over
34.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 82 imported |
| Batting | 229 runs in 38 inns @ 8.41 (SR 54.16) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 34, 9 ducks |
| Bowling | 121 wkts @ 19.2 (econ 3.36, SR 34.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-11 · 3 five-fors |
| Fielding | 26 ct, 4 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 30 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.32
Catches / match
0.37
Dismissals / match
Across 82 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 | 15 | 6 | 75 | 19* | 7 | 55.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 9* | 5.25 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 15 | 5 | 126 | 34 | 11.2 | 50.81 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | — | 4.57 | — |
| 2025/26 | 241.3 | 43 | 771 | 47 | 16.4 | 3.19 | 30.8 |
| 2024/25 | 233.5 | 26 | 776 | 40 | 19.4 | 3.32 | 35 |
| 2023/24 | 210 | 28 | 744 | 34 | 21.88 | 3.54 | 37.1 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Bailey compare?
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