Mark Elston
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
NSW
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Prestons Hornets Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
25/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
68/100
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 23 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 14.7 over 20 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 12.7.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.09.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 25 balls.
- ✓ Safe hands — 8 catches in 23 matches (0.35 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 25 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 68 × 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 23). 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: 8 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 23 matches — 0.39 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 20 innings at 14.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 37 wickets in 19 matches bowled in (of 23 played) — 1.95 per match at 12.7, economy 3.09, strike rate 24.7.
Fielding — imported matches (23)
8
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.35
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
9
Total dismissals
0.39
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
218
Runs (20 inns)
14.72
Avg (adj)
91.38
Strike rate
28
High score
7
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
37
Wickets (152.3 ov)
3.09
Economy
12.7
Average
24
Maidens
0.01
Extras / over
24.7
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 23 imported |
| Batting | 218 runs in 20 inns @ 14.72 (SR 91.38) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 28, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 37 wkts @ 12.7 (econ 3.09, SR 24.7) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-19 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 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 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.35
Catches / match
0.39
Dismissals / match
Across 23 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 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 5.6 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 15 | 7 | 190 | 28* | 18.58 | 1187.5 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 33.7 | 5 | 123 | 9 | 13.67 | 3.65 | 22.4 |
| 2022/23 | 118.7 | 19 | 347 | 28 | 12.39 | 2.92 | 25.4 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Pathway benchmark
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