Cael Smith
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 39 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 14.3 over 15 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
5 of 9 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.
Out for 0 in 20% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.21 dismissals per match across 39 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.9.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 12 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 60 × 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 7). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 7 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 8 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 39 matches — 0.21 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 15 innings at 14.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 54 wickets in 33 matches bowled in (of 39 played) — 1.64 per match at 17.9, economy 4.07, strike rate 26.3.
Fielding — imported matches (39)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 39 imported |
| Batting | 153 runs in 15 inns @ 14.28 (SR 81.02) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 29, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 54 wkts @ 17.87 (econ 4.07, SR 26.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-9 · 3 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 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 8 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 39 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6* | 6 | 85.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 10.67 | 94.12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 29 | 16.5 | 143.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 24* | 16.32 | 71.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21* | 21 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | 19 | 1 | 108 | 6 | 18 | 5.68 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | 17 | 2 | 104 | 1 | 104 | 6.12 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 18.7 | 0 | 68 | 8 | 8.5 | 3.64 | 14 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 0 | — | 5.5 | — |
| 2017/18 | 150.7 | 24 | 566 | 29 | 19.52 | 3.76 | 31.2 |
| 2015/16 | 9.5 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 5.2 | 2.74 | 11.4 |
| 2014/15 | 14 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 62 | 4.43 | 84 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How does Cael compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.