Zaid Buckland
Representative pathway — 10 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 14 matches (+5.6)
- ● Regional representative — 24 matches (+3.6)
- ● Body of work — 64 imported matches (+1.3)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 58.3 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Out for 0 in 14% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (9 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 25 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.59 for the level played (1st grade 9 · 2nd grade 14 · 3rd grade 15). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 38 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 19 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 64 matches — 0.31 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 65 innings at 21.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 0 wickets from 8.3 overs across 5 matches bowled in (of 64 played) — 0.00 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (64)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 64 imported |
| Batting | 1284 runs in 65 inns @ 20.97 (SR 58.32) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 9×50, HS 93, 9 ducks |
| Bowling | 0 wkts @ — (econ 5.28, SR —) |
| Best / 5WI | 0-0 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 19 ct, 1 RO, 0 st |
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 20 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 64 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 | 4 | 0 | 125 | 93 | 31.25 | 73.96 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 19 | 1 | 384 | 82 | 21.27 | 52.67 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 22 | 1 | 319 | 52 | 15.16 | 75.59 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 20 | 2 | 456 | 81* | 25.08 | 65.42 | 4 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3.3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | — | 6.9 | — |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — | 8.5 | — |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 1.33 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
How does Zaid compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.