Brendan Short
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 38 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 14.7 over 31 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
1.0 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
Out for 0 in 13% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.18 dismissals per match across 38 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.2.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 20 balls.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 11 × 40% · Batting 53 × 30% · Bowling 58 × 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 16). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 16 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 7 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 38 matches — 0.18 per match.
- Batting
- 345 runs in 31 innings, adjusted average 14.7, strike rate 99.1. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 34 wickets in 33 matches bowled in (of 38 played) — 1.03 per match at 17.2, economy 5.28, strike rate 19.6.
Fielding — imported matches (38)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 38 imported |
| Batting | 345 runs in 31 inns @ 14.72 (SR 99.14) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 59, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 34 wkts @ 17.24 (econ 5.28, SR 19.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-18 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 7 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 38 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 | 5 | 1 | 98 | 59* | 23.52 | 146.27 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 7 | 4 | 97 | 44* | 21.78 | 103.19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 27 | 11.25 | 85.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 19* | 8.27 | 64.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 23.25 | 119.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 8.67 | 74.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4.5 | 120 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 16 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 10.75 | 2.69 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | 31 | 0 | 161 | 8 | 20.13 | 5.19 | 23.3 |
| 2023/24 | 11 | 1 | 61 | 5 | 12.2 | 5.55 | 13.2 |
| 2022/23 | 29 | 0 | 165 | 6 | 27.5 | 5.69 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | 13.7 | 0 | 92 | 9 | 10.22 | 6.73 | 9.1 |
| 2020/21 | 10 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 31 | 6.2 | 30 |
| 2018/19 | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
How does Brendan compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.