Joel Linford
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 82 imported matches (+1.6)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 42.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Out for 0 in 14% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.15 dismissals per match across 82 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.38.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 9 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 56 × 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 82). 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: 12 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 82 matches — 0.15 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 83 innings at 16.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 86 wickets in 61 matches bowled in (of 82 played) — 1.41 per match at 19.3, economy 3.38, strike rate 34.3.
Fielding — imported matches (82)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 82 imported |
| Batting | 1149 runs in 83 inns @ 16.01 (SR 42.64) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 3×50, HS 68, 12 ducks |
| Bowling | 86 wkts @ 19.3 (econ 3.38, SR 34.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-113 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 12 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 12 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 32 | 22 | 43.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 14 | 7.33 | 58.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 11 | 2 | 105 | 52 | 11.28 | 90.52 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 13 | 2 | 235 | 58 | 20.86 | 305.19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 12 | 1 | 331 | 68 | 29.88 | 447.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 8 | 1 | 161 | 41 | 22.64 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 15 | 3 | 151 | 38 | 12.08 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1* | 0.56 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 12 | 1 | 53 | 23 | 4.78 | 481.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24* | 24 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 3.25 | 24 |
| 2021/22 | 22.8 | 3 | 61 | 3 | 20.33 | 2.67 | 45.7 |
| 2020/21 | 31 | 6 | 89 | 4 | 22.25 | 2.87 | 46.5 |
| 2019/20 | 91.8 | 18 | 291 | 19 | 15.32 | 3.17 | 29 |
| 2018/19 | 114 | 28 | 367 | 13 | 28.23 | 3.22 | 52.6 |
| 2017/18 | 33 | 4 | 144 | 9 | 16 | 4.36 | 22 |
| 2016/17 | 63 | 7 | 244 | 6 | 40.67 | 3.87 | 63 |
| 2014/15 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1.8 | 30 |
| 2013/14 | 102 | 16 | 332 | 27 | 12.3 | 3.25 | 22.7 |
| 2012/13 | 21 | 0 | 97 | 2 | 48.5 | 4.62 | 63 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
How does Joel compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.