Paul Witherly
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Burwood Briars Cricket Club · St George District Cricket Club · Snowtroopers
Overall
Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
28/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
52/100
Representative pathway — 7 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 126 matches (+4.0)
- ● Body of work — 126 imported matches (+2.5)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 10% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (4 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.47 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.2.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.65.
- ✓ Safe hands — 59 catches in 126 matches (0.47 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 28 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 52 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.21 for the level played (3rd grade 8 · Club 1 · 4th grade 9 · 5th grade and below 108). 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: 59 catches + 3 run outs (3 direct, 0 assisted) in 126 matches — 0.49 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 106 innings at 17.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 242 wickets in 122 matches bowled in (of 126 played) — 1.98 per match at 16.3, economy 2.65, strike rate 36.8.
Fielding — imported matches (126)
59
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.47
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
62
Total dismissals
0.49
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1617
Runs (106 inns)
17.56
Avg (adj)
76.17
Strike rate
86
High score
16
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
242
Wickets (1484 ov)
2.65
Economy
16.25
Average
299
Maidens
0.09
Extras / over
36.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 126 imported |
| Batting | 1617 runs in 106 inns @ 17.56 (SR 76.17) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 86, 11 ducks |
| Bowling | 242 wkts @ 16.25 (econ 2.65, SR 36.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-29 · 12 five-fors |
| Fielding | 59 ct, 3 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 62 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.47
Catches / match
0.49
Dismissals / match
Across 126 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 | 11 | 3 | 171 | 41* | 19.79 | 294.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 4.83 | 966.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 5 | 1 | 86 | 47 | 20.64 | 1228.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 15 | 0 | 183 | 36 | 12.2 | 79.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 11 | 2 | 124 | 35* | 13.32 | 86.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 11 | 2 | 90 | 36* | 9.67 | 281.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 12 | 3 | 184 | 27 | 19.17 | 221.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 13 | 1 | 325 | 76 | 26.92 | 507.81 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 8 | 1 | 157 | 52 | 22.08 | 270.69 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 13 | 2 | 267 | 86 | 23.7 | 175.66 | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 45 | 4 | 142 | 5 | 28.4 | 3.16 | 54 |
| 2020/21 | 46 | 1 | 182 | 6 | 30.33 | 3.96 | 46 |
| 2019/20 | 45 | 5 | 127 | 3 | 42.33 | 2.82 | 90 |
| 2018/19 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 15 |
| 2017/18 | 182.8 | 34 | 532 | 33 | 16.12 | 2.91 | 33.2 |
| 2016/17 | 207 | 57 | 467 | 31 | 15.06 | 2.26 | 40.1 |
| 2015/16 | 136.8 | 30 | 314 | 17 | 18.47 | 2.29 | 48.3 |
| 2014/15 | 202.7 | 48 | 512 | 38 | 13.47 | 2.53 | 32 |
| 2013/14 | 222.2 | 47 | 576 | 27 | 21.33 | 2.59 | 49.4 |
| 2012/13 | 233.5 | 53 | 602 | 56 | 10.75 | 2.58 | 25 |
| 2011/12 | 153 | 19 | 445 | 22 | 20.23 | 2.91 | 41.7 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014/15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2013/14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2012/13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2011/12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Pathway benchmark
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