Matthew Sandford

Batting – Opening Batter VIC Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Country Central Highlands · Ballarat Redan Cricket Club · Brown Hill Cricket Club · Ballarat Cricket Association · Central Highlands Region 3
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🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
102 off 105
01. Sovereign Dental Premier 1st XI · 2026/27 · 10×4, 1×6 · SR 97

The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 64 balls (SR 78), then 50 to 100 in just 40 (SR 125) — more than double the tempo.

Scoring breakdown
46 of 102 runs (45%) in boundaries · 43% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20 · 34 balls · SR 59 watchful
20→40 · 25 balls · SR 80 watchful
40→50 · 5 balls · SR 200 rapid
50→60 · 4 balls · SR 250 explosive
60→80 · 22 balls · SR 91 steady
80→100 · 14 balls · SR 143 brisk
Overall Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
21/100
Batting Proficient
56/100
Bowling
Not enough data

Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 71 imported matches (+1.4)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 49.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

medium Batting
Too many aerial dismissals

51 of 71 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 14% of 50+ scores become hundreds (6 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

Strengths

  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 102.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 21 × 40% · Batting 56 × 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 30). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 30 matches since 31 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 18 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 71 matches — 0.25 per match.
Batting
1,270 runs in 74 innings, adjusted average 17.9, strike rate 49.5. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
Not rated: 8 wickets from 41.0 overs across 9 matches bowled in (of 71 played) — 0.11 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.

Fielding — imported matches (71)

18
Ct (field)
5
Ct (WK)
0.32
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
23
Total dismissals
0.32
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

1270
Runs (74 inns)
17.86
Avg (adj)
49.49
Strike rate
102
High score
3
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

8
Wickets (41 ov)
4.24
Economy
21.75
Average
5
Maidens
0.05
Extras / over
30.8
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 71 imported
Batting 1270 runs in 74 inns @ 17.86 (SR 49.49)
Milestones 1×100, 6×50, HS 102, 7 ducks
Bowling 8 wkts @ 21.75 (econ 4.24, SR 30.8)
Best / 5WI 4-18 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 23 ct, 0 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 23 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.32
Catches / match
0.32
Dismissals / match

Across 71 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
2026/27 3 0 127 102 42.33 83.01 0 1
2025/26 18 1 388 69 22.75 50.52 2 0
2024/25 11 2 187 88* 20.09 48.32 2 0
2022/23 1 0 1 1 1 12.5 0 0
2021/22 6 0 67 50 11.17 50.76 1 0
2020/21 5 0 90 33 18 54.55 0 0
2019/20 9 0 183 73 20.33 72.33 1 0
2018/19 13 0 103 28 7.92 40.55 0 0
2017/18 3 0 39 25 13 30.23 0 0
2015/16 2 0 45 35 22.5 — 0 0
2013/14 2 0 12 12 6 — 0 0
2012/13 1 0 28 28 28 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2020/21 1 0 4 0 — 4 —
2018/19 23 2 73 6 12.17 3.17 23
2017/18 3 0 24 0 — 8 —
2015/16 12 3 51 1 51 4.25 72
2012/13 2 0 22 1 22 11 12

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2026/27 1 0 0 0 1
2025/26 2 2 0 0 4
2024/25 4 1 0 0 5
2021/22 1 1 0 0 2
2020/21 1 0 0 0 1
2019/20 5 0 0 0 5
2018/19 2 0 0 0 2
2017/18 2 0 0 0 2
2013/14 0 1 0 0 1
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