Kobe Barker (20)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U17 (2022/23)
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
South Gawler Cricket Club · Northern Districts Cricket Club (SA) · Sandy Creek Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2005
(inferred from U17 eligibility, 2022/23 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2021/22 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
41/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
60/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 25 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 11.3 over 25 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
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.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 14.8.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 21 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 41 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 60 × 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 8). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 8 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 25 matches — 0.28 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 25 innings at 11.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 38 wickets in 20 matches bowled in (of 25 played) — 1.90 per match at 14.8, economy 4.16, strike rate 21.3.
Fielding — imported matches (25)
7
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.28
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
7
Total dismissals
0.28
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
272
Runs (25 inns)
11.32
Avg (adj)
41.79
Strike rate
54
High score
1
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
38
Wickets (134.8 ov)
4.16
Economy
14.76
Average
13
Maidens
0.12
Extras / over
21.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 25 imported |
| Batting | 272 runs in 25 inns @ 11.32 (SR 41.79) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 54, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 38 wkts @ 14.76 (econ 4.16, SR 21.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-25 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 7 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.28
Catches / match
0.28
Dismissals / match
Across 25 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 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1.86 | 13.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 19 | 16.33 | 92.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 14 | 1 | 191 | 54 | 14.62 | 56.68 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 6.7 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 9 | 5.4 | 10 |
| 2025/26 | 64 | 8 | 285 | 15 | 19 | 4.45 | 25.6 |
| 2023/24 | 16 | 0 | 84 | 5 | 16.8 | 5.25 | 19.2 |
| 2022/23 | 48.2 | 4 | 156 | 14 | 11.14 | 3.24 | 20.6 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Pathway benchmark
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