Finlay Lester

Bowling – Second-Change Bowler QLD Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Gold Crest Cobras · Northern Suburbs District Cricket Club · Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club · NAC XI
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Overall Needs Work
26/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
24/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
41/100

Representative pathway — 13 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 143 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 1 match (+0.1)
  • ● Body of work — 144 imported matches (+2.9)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 6.3 over 103 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Bowling
Tight but not threatening

Economy of 3.71 is excellent but a wicket every 41 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.

medium Fielding
Low overall fielding impact

0.24 dismissals per match across 144 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.71.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 24 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 41 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.83 for the level played (1st grade 117 · 2nd grade 27). 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: 31 catches + 3 run outs (3 direct, 0 assisted) in 144 matches — 0.24 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 103 innings at 6.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
233 wickets in 135 matches bowled in (of 144 played) — 1.73 per match at 25.1, economy 3.71, strike rate 40.6.

Fielding — imported matches (144)

31
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.22
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
34
Total dismissals
0.24
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

447
Runs (103 inns)
6.28
Avg (adj)
36.43
Strike rate
31
High score
46
Not outs
11
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

233
Wickets (1578.3 ov)
3.71
Economy
25.1
Average
257
Maidens
0.03
Extras / over
40.6
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 144 imported
Batting 447 runs in 103 inns @ 6.28 (SR 36.43)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 31, 17 ducks
Bowling 233 wkts @ 25.1 (econ 3.71, SR 40.6)
Best / 5WI 8-102 · 3 five-fors
Fielding 31 ct, 3 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 34 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.22
Catches / match
0.24
Dismissals / match

Across 144 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
2015/16 13 5 88 31 9.37 49.44 0 0
2014/15 11 6 29 14* 4.07 — 0 0
2013/14 13 6 25 6 2.81 — 0 0
2012/13 14 5 69 19 6.69 — 0 0
2011/12 9 5 28 16* 4.84 — 0 0
2010/11 2 1 5 3* 3.75 — 0 0
2009/10 17 11 91 22* 8.82 — 0 0
2008/09 8 1 48 29 6.75 — 0 0
2007/08 4 2 3 2* 1.13 12.5 0 0
2006/07 10 3 40 13 5.2 44.94 0 0
2005/06 2 1 21 11* 15.75 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2015/16 209 34 745 25 29.8 3.56 50.2
2014/15 193 21 765 33 23.18 3.96 35.1
2013/14 202.2 26 854 33 25.88 4.22 36.8
2012/13 229.8 21 986 26 37.92 4.29 53
2011/12 179 32 616 25 24.64 3.44 43
2010/11 17 3 89 2 44.5 5.24 51
2009/10 186.2 41 658 32 20.56 3.53 34.9
2008/09 156.2 34 485 21 23.1 3.11 44.6
2007/08 65 8 277 14 19.79 4.26 27.9
2006/07 97 26 236 17 13.88 2.43 34.2
2005/06 44 11 137 5 27.4 3.11 52.8

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2015/16 5 0 0 0 5
2014/15 3 0 1 0 4
2013/14 5 0 1 0 6
2012/13 7 0 1 0 8
2011/12 2 0 0 0 2
2010/11 2 0 0 0 2
2009/10 5 0 0 0 5
2008/09 2 0 0 0 2
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