Les Howard
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 58 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 7.6 over 16 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Only 0.10 catches per match over 58 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Out for 0 in 19% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 17 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 50 × 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 26). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 26 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 6 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 58 matches — 0.10 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 16 innings at 7.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 54 wickets in 51 matches bowled in (of 58 played) — 1.06 per match at 22.6, economy 4.83, strike rate 28.1.
Fielding — imported matches (58)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 58 imported |
| Batting | 103 runs in 16 inns @ 7.64 (SR 28.81) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 39, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 54 wkts @ 22.61 (econ 4.83, SR 28.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-16 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 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 6 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 58 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 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 39* | 11.33 | 28.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5.94 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 15 | 1 | 88 | 3 | 29.33 | 5.87 | 30 |
| 2025/26 | 83.8 | 2 | 479 | 18 | 26.61 | 5.71 | 27.9 |
| 2024/25 | 18 | 3 | 60 | 4 | 15 | 3.33 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 28 | 1 | 142 | 3 | 47.33 | 5.07 | 56 |
| 2022/23 | 26 | 2 | 131 | 5 | 26.2 | 5.04 | 31.2 |
| 2021/22 | 16.2 | 3 | 46 | 6 | 7.67 | 2.85 | 16.2 |
| 2020/21 | 41 | 5 | 139 | 12 | 11.58 | 3.39 | 20.5 |
| 2019/20 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 52 | 7.43 | 42 |
| 2017/18 | 18 | 2 | 84 | 2 | 42 | 4.67 | 54 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Les compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.