Joshua Cruse
Representative pathway — 7 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 15 matches (+6.0)
- ● Body of work — 36 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 12.7 over 21 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
6 of 10 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Only 0.11 catches per match over 36 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
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.
Economy of 3.86 is excellent but a wicket every 49 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 10 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 45 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.36 for the level played (2nd grade 8 · 3rd grade 7 · Club 21). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 4 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 36 matches — 0.14 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 21 innings at 12.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 28 wickets in 33 matches bowled in (of 36 played) — 0.85 per match at 31.5, economy 3.86, strike rate 49.1.
Fielding — imported matches (36)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 36 imported |
| Batting | 175 runs in 21 inns @ 12.7 (SR 97.76) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 29, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 28 wkts @ 31.54 (econ 3.86, SR 49.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-37 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 4 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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 104.35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 3 | 87 | 29* | 38.06 | 122.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7* | 3.44 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.25 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6* | 3.24 | 128.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 14 | 11.48 | 128.13 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 5.4 | 30 |
| 2020/21 | 31 | 3 | 135 | 5 | 27 | 4.35 | 37.2 |
| 2017/18 | 54 | 9 | 165 | 6 | 27.5 | 3.06 | 54 |
| 2016/17 | 29 | 5 | 125 | 6 | 20.83 | 4.31 | 29 |
| 2015/16 | 69 | 7 | 281 | 7 | 40.14 | 4.07 | 59.1 |
| 2014/15 | 28 | 6 | 120 | 2 | 60 | 4.29 | 84 |
| 2013/14 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 2.31 | 78 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Joshua compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.