🏅 tara french (21)
★ Div 1 Rep
Bowling – Opening Bowler
U19 (2023/24)
NSW
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Newcastle City & Eastern Districts Cricket Club · NSW · Newcastle Blasters · Terrigal Matcham Cricket Club · Northern District Cricket Club · Central Coast Cricket Zone - Representative Teams · Manning Junior Cricket Association - Representative Teams
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2004
(inferred from U19 eligibility, 2023/24 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2020/21 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Proficient
42/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
35/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
60/100
Representative pathway — 42 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● State representation (+12)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● National championships — 8 matches (+12.0)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 26 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 16 matches (+2.4)
- ● Body of work — 72 imported matches (+1.4)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball
15 of 29 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.
high
Bowling
Conceding too many extras
1.0 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
Strengths
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 25 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 35 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 60 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.60 for the level played (National competition 8 · 1st grade 23 · Rep Div 1 16 · 2nd grade 3 · Club 22). 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: 20 catches + 7 run outs (3 direct, 4 assisted) in 72 matches — 0.38 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 46 innings at 20.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 52 wickets in 57 matches bowled in (of 72 played) — 0.91 per match at 18.9, economy 4.57, strike rate 24.8.
Fielding — imported matches (72)
20
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.28
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
4
RO (assist)
1
Stumpings
28
Total dismissals
0.39
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
684
Runs (46 inns)
20.36
Avg (adj)
95.49
Strike rate
49
High score
17
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
52
Wickets (214.8 ov)
4.57
Economy
18.88
Average
16
Maidens
1.02
Extras / over
24.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 72 imported |
| Batting | 684 runs in 46 inns @ 20.36 (SR 95.49) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 49, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 52 wkts @ 18.88 (econ 4.57, SR 24.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-11 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 20 ct, 7 RO, 1 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 28 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.28
Catches / match
0.39
Dismissals / match
Across 72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 22 | 7 | 258 | 39* | 15.46 | 98.47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 24 | 10 | 426 | 49* | 25.15 | 100.71 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 88.7 | 7 | 381 | 24 | 15.88 | 4.3 | 22.2 |
| 2022/23 | 126.2 | 9 | 601 | 28 | 21.46 | 4.76 | 27 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2022/23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
Pathway benchmark
How does tara compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.