Matthew Darby
Batting – Opening Batter
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Illawong Menai Cricket Club · Sutherland Shire Cricket Association
Overall
Needs Work
12/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
50/100
Batting
Advance
68/100
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 82 imported matches (+1.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 64.0 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 5% of 50+ scores become hundreds (18 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
info
Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.56 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 35.5.
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 109.
- ✓ Safe hands — 46 catches in 82 matches (0.56 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 50 × 40% · Batting 68 × 30% · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). 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 14). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 14 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 46 catches + 5 run outs (5 direct, 0 assisted) in 82 matches — 0.62 per match.
- Batting
- 2,541 runs in 85 innings, adjusted average 35.5, strike rate 64.0. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 41 wickets from 175.0 overs across 37 matches bowled in (of 82 played) — 1.11 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (82)
46
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.56
Catches / match
5
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
51
Total dismissals
0.62
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
2541
Runs (85 inns)
35.52
Avg (adj)
64
Strike rate
109
High score
16
Not outs
1
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
41
Wickets (175 ov)
4.35
Economy
18.59
Average
13
Maidens
0.13
Extras / over
25.6
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 82 imported |
| Batting | 2541 runs in 85 inns @ 35.52 (SR 64) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 18×50, HS 109, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 41 wkts @ 18.59 (econ 4.35, SR 25.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-17 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 46 ct, 5 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 51 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.56
Catches / match
0.62
Dismissals / match
Across 82 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 | 12 | 4 | 322 | 68* | 35.78 | 126.77 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 1 | 115 | 71 | 86.25 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 2 | 269 | 64* | 42.03 | 113.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 3 | 397 | 109* | 58.81 | — | 2 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 6 | 0 | 110 | 52 | 18.33 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 10 | 0 | 274 | 59 | 27.4 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 11 | 1 | 321 | 86 | 31.83 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 12 | 1 | 228 | 94 | 20.58 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 14 | 4 | 483 | 82* | 44.36 | — | 4 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 22 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | — | 6.33 | — |
| 2023/24 | 7.5 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 19 | 5.07 | 22.5 |
| 2022/23 | 15.3 | 0 | 80 | 4 | 20 | 5.22 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 7.3 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 6.5 | 3.55 | 11 |
| 2020/21 | 51.2 | 7 | 229 | 7 | 32.71 | 4.48 | 43.9 |
| 2019/20 | 8.3 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 4.6 | 2.76 | 10 |
| 2018/19 | 26.7 | 2 | 139 | 5 | 27.8 | 5.21 | 32 |
| 2017/18 | 55.7 | 2 | 208 | 14 | 14.86 | 3.74 | 23.9 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021/22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019/20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017/18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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