Darren Drinkwater
All-Rounder – Bowling
NSW
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Prestons Hornets Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
11/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
35/100
Batting
Proficient
60/100
Bowling
Advance
71/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 74 imported matches (+1.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 55.7 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
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 11.4.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.98.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 23 balls.
- ✓ Safe hands — 28 catches in 74 matches (0.38 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 35 × 40% · Batting 60 × 30% · Bowling 71 × 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 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 28 catches + 4 run outs (1 direct, 3 assisted) in 74 matches — 0.43 per match.
- Batting
- 1,208 runs in 63 innings, adjusted average 25.9, strike rate 55.7. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 168 wickets in 70 matches bowled in (of 74 played) — 2.40 per match at 11.4, economy 2.98, strike rate 22.9.
Fielding — imported matches (74)
28
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.38
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
3
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
32
Total dismissals
0.43
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1208
Runs (63 inns)
25.87
Avg (adj)
55.72
Strike rate
74
High score
22
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
168
Wickets (640 ov)
2.98
Economy
11.36
Average
119
Maidens
0.02
Extras / over
22.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 74 imported |
| Batting | 1208 runs in 63 inns @ 25.87 (SR 55.72) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 74, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 168 wkts @ 11.36 (econ 2.98, SR 22.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-12 · 9 five-fors |
| Fielding | 28 ct, 4 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 32 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.38
Catches / match
0.43
Dismissals / match
Across 74 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 26 | 26 | 126.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 11 | 6 | 206 | 41* | 28.94 | 307.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 12 | 4 | 335 | 74* | 37.22 | 156.54 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 14 | 4 | 311 | 59* | 28.56 | 70.52 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 12 | 5 | 153 | 44* | 18.06 | 112.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 35 | 13.6 | 133.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 3 | 70 | 35* | 22.4 | 88.61 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6.5 | 433.33 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 20.8 | 2 | 69 | 1 | 69 | 3.31 | 125 |
| 2025/26 | 120 | 15 | 405 | 36 | 11.25 | 3.38 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 144.3 | 24 | 452 | 36 | 12.56 | 3.13 | 24.1 |
| 2023/24 | 112.2 | 15 | 371 | 32 | 11.59 | 3.31 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | 125 | 32 | 296 | 32 | 9.25 | 2.37 | 23.4 |
| 2021/22 | 73.8 | 16 | 202 | 23 | 8.78 | 2.74 | 19.3 |
| 2020/21 | 33.8 | 14 | 51 | 6 | 8.5 | 1.51 | 33.8 |
| 2019/20 | 10 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 31.5 | 6.3 | 30 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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