Paul Matthews
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
QLD
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Competitions
Registered with:
Brisbane Masters Cricket · Queensland Veterans Cricket Inc. - Representative · Moggill Cricket Club · Bracken Ridge Cricket Club · Queensland Veterans Cricket Inc. · South Brisbane Cricket Club · Tigers · Cricket Australia Masters - Representative · Queensland Veterans - Representative
Overall
Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
11/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
59/100
Representative pathway — 5 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 22 matches (+3.3)
- ● Body of work — 89 imported matches (+1.8)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 8.5 over 49 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
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.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 14.1.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 22 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 11 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 59 × 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 24). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 24 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 29 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 89 matches — 0.33 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 49 innings at 8.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 171 wickets in 84 matches bowled in (of 89 played) — 2.04 per match at 14.1, economy 3.81, strike rate 22.2.
Fielding — imported matches (89)
29
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.33
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
29
Total dismissals
0.33
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
280
Runs (49 inns)
8.51
Avg (adj)
44.44
Strike rate
27
High score
24
Not outs
10
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
171
Wickets (632.7 ov)
3.81
Economy
14.09
Average
84
Maidens
0.31
Extras / over
22.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 89 imported |
| Batting | 280 runs in 49 inns @ 8.51 (SR 44.44) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 27, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 171 wkts @ 14.09 (econ 3.81, SR 22.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 7-26 · 3 five-fors |
| Fielding | 29 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 29 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.33
Catches / match
0.33
Dismissals / match
Across 89 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 | 11 | 5 | 51 | 12* | 6.74 | 38.35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3.89 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 20* | 13.33 | 84.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 27* | 8.06 | 63.24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 18 | 6.48 | 376.92 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 23 | 16.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4* | 3.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 136.8 | 12 | 616 | 31 | 19.87 | 4.5 | 26.5 |
| 2024/25 | 55.3 | 7 | 202 | 13 | 15.54 | 3.65 | 25.5 |
| 2023/24 | 4.2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2.88 | 8.3 |
| 2022/23 | 105.5 | 8 | 428 | 38 | 11.26 | 4.06 | 16.7 |
| 2021/22 | 59 | 10 | 246 | 25 | 9.84 | 4.17 | 14.2 |
| 2020/21 | 131.8 | 21 | 483 | 29 | 16.66 | 3.66 | 27.3 |
| 2019/20 | 81 | 13 | 240 | 18 | 13.33 | 2.96 | 27 |
| 2018/19 | 59 | 12 | 183 | 14 | 13.07 | 3.1 | 25.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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