Will Spears
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 45 imported matches (+0.9)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 3.8 over 39 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
21 of 32 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
1.3 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
Only 0.09 catches per match over 45 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Out for 0 in 31% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 18 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · 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 45). 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: 4 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 45 matches — 0.09 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 39 innings at 3.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 13 wickets from 116.2 overs across 39 matches bowled in (of 45 played) — 0.33 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (45)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 45 imported |
| Batting | 125 runs in 39 inns @ 3.78 (SR 12.12) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 18, 12 ducks |
| Bowling | 13 wkts @ 45.31 (econ 5.07, SR 53.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-4 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 4 ct, 0 RO, 0 st |
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 4 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 15.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7* | 5.33 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 3.76 | 218.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 7.19 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 9* | 2.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 18* | 3.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 0 | — | 8.71 | — |
| 2018/19 | 18 | 2 | 81 | 0 | — | 4.5 | — |
| 2017/18 | 17 | 0 | 128 | 4 | 32 | 7.53 | 25.5 |
| 2016/17 | 16 | 0 | 100 | 0 | — | 6.25 | — |
| 2015/16 | 25.2 | 1 | 89 | 5 | 17.8 | 3.54 | 30.2 |
| 2014/15 | 33 | 1 | 130 | 4 | 32.5 | 3.94 | 49.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Will compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.