Blade Baxter (33)

Bowling – Opening Bowler U18 (2010/11) VIC Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Southern Storm · Bentleigh Cricket Club · McKinnon Cricket Club · St Davids Cricket Club · Northern Territory · Balnarring Cricket Club · Berwick Cricket Club · Cranbourne Cricket Club · Oakleigh District Footballers Cricket Club · PINT Cricket Club · Old Haileyburians Cricket Club · Mackie Cricket Club · Murrumbeena Cricket Club · Richmond Cricket Club (VIC) · Old Melbourne Grammar Cricket Club · Moorabbin Cricket Club · Ormond Cricket Club · Springvale South Cricket Club · Inner South East Cricket · Strike League · Metropolitan South East · Old Xaverians Cricket Club · St Kilda Cricket Club
Age: Born on/after 1 Sep 1992 (inferred from U18 eligibility, 2010/11 season)
Green Shield: 0 season(s) played · last GS year 2008/09 (ages out of U16 after this)
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🏏 Century highlight
112* off 116
MCC Club XI Cricket Competition Division 1 · 2021/22 · 10×4, 0×6 · SR 97

Ball-by-ball detail isn't available for this match, so the innings worm and shot breakdown aren't shown.

Overall Needs Work
12/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Advance
60/100
Batting Proficient
46/100
Bowling Advance
61/100

Representative pathway — 5 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 272 imported matches (+5.0)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 62.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

medium Batting
High duck rate

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.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 11% of 50+ scores become hundreds (8 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

Strengths

  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 112.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.48.
  • ✓ Safe hands — 95 catches in 272 matches (0.35 per match), a genuine selection asset.
  • ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 16 run outs.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 60 × 40% · Batting 46 × 30% · Bowling 61 × 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 32). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 32 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 95 catches + 16 run outs (15 direct, 1 assisted) in 272 matches — 0.41 per match.
Batting
2,792 runs in 184 innings, adjusted average 19.4, strike rate 62.5. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
403 wickets in 255 matches bowled in (of 272 played) — 1.58 per match at 21.9, economy 3.48, strike rate 37.8.

Fielding — imported matches (272)

95
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.35
Catches / match
15
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
111
Total dismissals
0.41
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

2792
Runs (184 inns)
19.38
Avg (adj)
62.52
Strike rate
112
High score
51
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

403
Wickets (2539.8 ov)
3.48
Economy
21.9
Average
553
Maidens
0.08
Extras / over
37.8
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 272 imported
Batting 2792 runs in 184 inns @ 19.38 (SR 62.52)
Milestones 1×100, 8×50, HS 112, 24 ducks
Bowling 403 wkts @ 21.9 (econ 3.48, SR 37.8)
Best / 5WI 8-40 · 8 five-fors
Fielding 95 ct, 16 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 111 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.35
Catches / match
0.41
Dismissals / match

Across 272 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 2 2 2 16.67 0 0
2025/26 15 2 218 50 16.47 95.61 1 0
2024/25 13 2 366 63 32.49 107.33 1 0
2023/24 7 1 123 42 20.08 102.5 0 0
2022/23 8 5 143 57* 29.05 81.71 2 0
2021/22 6 3 223 112* 55.75 75.85 0 1
2020/21 28 5 380 45 15.99 75.1 0 0
2019/20 5 0 63 25 12.6 82.89 0 0
2018/19 25 5 296 40* 14.21 57.25 0 0
2017/18 23 4 463 57 23.63 92.79 2 0
2016/17 7 2 58 27* 10.65 33.14 0 0
2015/16 13 4 185 80 18.61 41.67 1 0
2014/15 9 5 110 34* 19.01 458.33 0 0
2013/14 6 4 10 7 2.78 — 0 0
2012/13 8 3 100 56 17.19 121.95 1 0
2011/12 6 4 45 21* 12.5 — 0 0
2010/11 4 2 7 7* 2.63 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 9 0 40 1 40 4.44 54
2025/26 96.5 10 386 24 16.08 4 24.1
2024/25 37 5 195 10 19.5 5.27 22.2
2023/24 20 3 103 5 20.6 5.15 24
2022/23 55 8 238 6 39.67 4.33 55
2021/22 52 8 212 14 15.14 4.08 22.3
2020/21 360.8 64 1,360 71 19.15 3.77 30.5
2019/20 70.7 16 242 7 34.57 3.42 60.6
2018/19 275.3 75 906 41 22.1 3.29 40.3
2017/18 358.5 84 1,359 58 23.43 3.79 37.1
2016/17 163 38 490 19 25.79 3.01 51.5
2015/16 137 26 471 17 27.71 3.44 48.4
2014/15 197.5 37 717 21 34.14 3.63 56.4
2013/14 253.7 72 717 40 17.93 2.83 38.1
2012/13 239.5 56 766 33 23.21 3.2 43.5
2011/12 115 28 341 17 20.06 2.97 40.6
2010/11 99.3 23 284 19 14.95 2.86 31.4

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2026/27 1 0 0 0 1
2025/26 14 0 2 0 16
2024/25 2 0 2 0 4
2023/24 6 0 1 0 7
2022/23 5 0 0 0 5
2021/22 3 0 3 0 6
2020/21 15 0 0 0 15
2019/20 4 0 0 0 4
2018/19 13 0 1 0 14
2017/18 10 0 3 0 13
2016/17 3 0 0 0 3
2015/16 7 0 0 0 7
2014/15 1 0 1 0 2
2013/14 6 0 2 0 8
2012/13 1 0 0 0 1
2011/12 2 0 0 0 2
2010/11 2 0 1 0 3
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