Jake Polkinghorne (17)
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
U17 (2025/26)
SA
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Adelaide Rockets Cricket Club · Athelstone Cricket Club · East Torrens Cricket Club · Rostrevor College
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2008
(inferred from U17 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2024/25 (ages out of U16 after this)
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
114 off 101
1st XI Div 1 Sat Afternoon Pool B · 2023/24 · 12×4, 2×6
· SR 113
A front-loaded hundred: a quick first fifty off 42 balls (SR 119), then 50 to 100 at a steadier 50 balls (SR 100).
Scoring breakdown
60 of 114 runs (53%) in boundaries · 45% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 17 balls · SR 118
steady
20→40
· 16 balls · SR 125
brisk
40→50
· 9 balls · SR 111
steady
50→60
· 10 balls · SR 100
steady
60→80
· 13 balls · SR 154
brisk
80→100
· 27 balls · SR 74
watchful
Overall
Needs Work
20/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
51/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Strong
~43/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 9 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 12 matches (+4.8)
- ● Regional representative — 16 matches (+2.4)
- ● Body of work — 88 imported matches (+1.8)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 13% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 31 catches in 88 matches (0.35 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 12 run outs.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 51 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 43 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.48 for the level played (Rep Div 1 11 · 2nd grade 1 · 3rd grade 15 · Club 13 · 4th grade 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 41 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 31 catches + 12 run outs (10 direct, 2 assisted) in 88 matches — 0.49 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 91 innings at 17.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 35 wickets in 54 matches bowled in (of 88 played) — 0.65 per match at 28.8, economy 4.79, strike rate 36.1.
Fielding — imported matches (88)
31
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.35
Catches / match
10
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
43
Total dismissals
0.49
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1486
Runs (91 inns)
17.05
Avg (adj)
97.51
Strike rate
114
High score
4
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
35
Wickets (210.5 ov)
4.79
Economy
28.8
Average
12
Maidens
0.28
Extras / over
36.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 88 imported |
| Batting | 1486 runs in 91 inns @ 17.05 (SR 97.51) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 5×50, HS 114, 12 ducks |
| Bowling | 35 wkts @ 28.8 (econ 4.79, SR 36.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-25 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 31 ct, 12 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 43 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.35
Catches / match
0.49
Dismissals / match
Across 88 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 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 153.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 19 | 0 | 388 | 63 | 20.42 | 113.78 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 31 | 1 | 536 | 64 | 17.85 | 103.28 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 31 | 2 | 442 | 114 | 15.18 | 93.64 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 1 | 100 | 59 | 12.35 | 70.92 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 6.5 | — |
| 2025/26 | 57 | 2 | 306 | 17 | 18 | 5.37 | 20.1 |
| 2024/25 | 123 | 9 | 537 | 12 | 44.75 | 4.37 | 61.5 |
| 2023/24 | 22.5 | 1 | 121 | 6 | 20.17 | 5.38 | 22.5 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | — | 5.17 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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