Sam Johnston
Bowling – Opening Bowler
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Bendigo & District Cricket Association Rep · Spring Gully Cricket Club · Strathdale-Maristians Cricket Club · Newstead Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
28/100
Batting
Proficient
52/100
Bowling
Proficient
59/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 51 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
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.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.7.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.88.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 28 × 40% · Batting 52 × 30% · Bowling 59 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 28). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 28 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 14 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 51 matches — 0.29 per match.
- Batting
- 814 runs in 36 innings, adjusted average 28.9, strike rate 86.9. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 91 wickets in 50 matches bowled in (of 51 played) — 1.82 per match at 17.7, economy 2.88, strike rate 36.9.
Fielding — imported matches (51)
14
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.27
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
15
Total dismissals
0.29
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
814
Runs (36 inns)
28.89
Avg (adj)
86.9
Strike rate
76
High score
10
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
91
Wickets (560.2 ov)
2.88
Economy
17.73
Average
116
Maidens
0.08
Extras / over
36.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 51 imported |
| Batting | 814 runs in 36 inns @ 28.89 (SR 86.9) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 76, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 91 wkts @ 17.73 (econ 2.88, SR 36.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 7-64 · 3 five-fors |
| Fielding | 14 ct, 1 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 15 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.27
Catches / match
0.29
Dismissals / match
Across 51 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 | 13 | 6 | 281 | 60* | 31.59 | 89.21 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 1 | 75 | 57* | 18 | 90.36 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 18 | 3 | 458 | 76 | 29.69 | 111.17 | 3 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 178.7 | 35 | 526 | 30 | 17.53 | 2.94 | 35.7 |
| 2024/25 | 128.3 | 28 | 332 | 23 | 14.43 | 2.59 | 33.5 |
| 2023/24 | 253.2 | 53 | 755 | 38 | 19.87 | 2.98 | 40 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Pathway benchmark
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