Luke Shepherd (34)
Representative pathway — 14 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 24 matches (+9.6)
- ● Body of work — 28 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 19.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Out for 0 in 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 2.56 is excellent but a wicket every 60 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 31 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.64 for the level played (Rep Div 1 24 · Club 4). 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: 7 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 28 matches — 0.29 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 25 innings at 18.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 13 wickets in 21 matches bowled in (of 28 played) — 0.62 per match at 25.8, economy 2.56, strike rate 60.5.
Fielding — imported matches (28)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 28 imported |
| Batting | 402 runs in 25 inns @ 18.65 (SR 19.44) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 2×50, HS 103, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 13 wkts @ 25.77 (econ 2.56, SR 60.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-11 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 7 ct, 1 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 8 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 5 | 1 | 125 | 103* | 30 | 347.22 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007/08 | 9 | 0 | 119 | 59 | 13.22 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 11 | 3 | 158 | 66 | 18.28 | — | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | — | 3.17 | — |
| 2007/08 | 32 | 6 | 116 | 4 | 29 | 3.63 | 48 |
| 2006/07 | 93 | 22 | 200 | 9 | 22.22 | 2.15 | 62 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007/08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006/07 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
How does Luke compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.