Patrick Balzen
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 79 imported matches (+1.6)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 29.4 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.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (6 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
0.53 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 42 catches in 79 matches (0.53 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 38 × 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 79). 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: 42 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 79 matches — 0.54 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 90 innings at 17.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 6 wickets from 55.0 overs across 10 matches bowled in (of 79 played) — 0.08 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (79)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 79 imported |
| Batting | 1473 runs in 90 inns @ 17.46 (SR 29.4) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 6×50, HS 85, 11 ducks |
| Bowling | 6 wkts @ 22.33 (econ 2.44, SR 55) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-3 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 42 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 43 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 10 | 0 | 100 | 43 | 10 | 769.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 26 | 17 | 76.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 29 | 14.2 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 9 | 0 | 260 | 53 | 28.89 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 14 | 2 | 241 | 60* | 19.67 | 535.56 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 5 | 0 | 165 | 85 | 33 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 15 | 3 | 208 | 58 | 16.64 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 15 | 1 | 183 | 61 | 13.01 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 9 | 0 | 142 | 49 | 15.78 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 6.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 22 | 8 | 55 | 3 | 18.33 | 2.5 | 44 |
| 2016/17 | 19 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 49 | 2.58 | 114 |
| 2015/16 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 0 | — | 1.6 | — |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 9 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 11 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017/18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015/16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2014/15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
How does Patrick compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.