2025/26 LDCC U10 Abbott - Season Summary

Team Record

Played

17

Won

8

Lost

8

Draw / Abn

1

Runs Scored

1795

Runs Conceded

2003

Net Run Rate

-0.65

Match Margins

Closest Wins

R7 vs St Ives Finch * - 1-139 to 4-114 (9 wickets)

R5 vs NS U10 Waugh * - 0-102 to 0-95 (10 wickets)

R11 vs Mosman U10 Cummins - 0-115 to 0-100 (10 wickets)

Biggest Wins

R9 vs NS U10 Gilchrist - 0-149 to 0-112 (37 runs)

R1 vs Mosman U10 Maxwell * - 0-113 to 0-102 (11 runs)

R16 vs LCCC U10 Boys Konstas - 0-122 to 0-119 (10 wickets)

Closest Losses

R6 vs RJCC U10 Roseville Roosters - 0-81 to 0-136 (10 wickets)

R8 vs Gordon U10 Sixers - 0-91 to 0-103 (10 wickets)

R13 vs LCCC U10 Boys Maxwell - 0-108 to 0-117 (10 wickets)

Biggest Losses

R3 vs NS U10 Border * - 0-62 to 0-150 (88 runs)

SF vs Mosman U10 McCabe - 0-101 to 0-172 (71 runs)

R2 vs Mosman U10 McCabe - 0-90 to 0-129 (39 runs)


Season Awards

Golden Ball

O Pickford

23 wickets

Most wickets taken
Best Average

L Merewether

250.00

Best batting avg (min 3 inn, 16 inn, 250 runs)
Best Strike Rate

L Merewether

103.7

Best strike rate (min 20 balls, 250 runs off 241 balls)
Best Economy

I Vinoth

3.47

Best economy rate (min 5 overs, 52 runs from 15.0 ov)
Best Fielder

R McLaren

10 contributions

5 ct, 5 ro, 0 st
Boundary King

L Merewether

33 boundaries

32 fours, 1 sixes
Mr Consistent

L Merewether

Avg 15.6

Most consistent scorer (16 innings, scores: 13, 7, 14, 0, 13, 18, 21, 21, 18, 9, 21, 14, 23, 31, 12, 15)
Best Bowling Figures

O Pickford

4/15

vs NS U10 Waugh * (R5)

Batting Leaderboard

# Player Mat Inn Runs HS Avg SR BF 4s 6s Dis
1 L Merewether 16 16 250 31 250.0 103.73 241 32 1 1
2 O Pickford 16 16 218 24 - 81.95 266 22 0 0
3 R McLaren 13 13 169 28 169.0 91.85 184 22 1 1
4 C Roberts 13 13 134 31 - 63.21 212 18 0 0
5 M Mcelhone 14 14 78 16 - 35.62 219 3 0 0
6 E Kraus 16 16 72 11 - 28.13 256 3 0 0
7 Z Shoaib 15 15 51 11 - 20.9 244 3 0 0
8 A Maharaj 13 13 48 12 - 23.88 201 2 0 0
9 I Vinoth 6 6 14 5 14.0 16.47 85 2 0 1

Top Partnerships

#RunsWicketBattersMatch ScorevsRound
1 49 0th O Pickford & R McLaren 148 LCCC U10 Boys Fraser-McGurk R12
2 46 3rd E Kraus & C Roberts 142 LCCC U10 Boys Starc R15
3 43 6th L Merewether & E Kraus 115 Mosman U10 Cummins R11
4 35 2nd L Merewether & O Pickford 91 Gordon U10 Sixers R8
5 35 3rd C Roberts & Z Shoaib 148 LCCC U10 Boys Fraser-McGurk R12
6 33 11th O Pickford & R McLaren 108 LCCC U10 Boys Maxwell R13
7 33 0th L Merewether & O Pickford 149 NS U10 Gilchrist R9
8 31 0th M Mcelhone & R McLaren 149 NS U10 Gilchrist R9
9 30 0th M Mcelhone & L Merewether 113 Mosman U10 Maxwell * R1
10 27 9th O Pickford & R McLaren 129 NS U10 Watson R14
Partnerships include all extras (wides, no-balls, byes, leg-byes).

Bowling Leaderboard

# Player Mat O M Runs Wkts Avg Econ Wd NB
1 O Pickford 16 53.0 3 225 23 9.78 4.25 6 14
2 L Merewether 16 49.0 2 225 10 22.5 4.59 30 32
3 R McLaren 12 33.0 0 152 4 38.0 4.61 15 18
4 C Roberts 12 30.0 1 144 4 36.0 4.8 9 34
5 E Kraus 15 39.0 0 220 4 55.0 5.64 15 56
6 A Maharaj 13 29.0 0 136 3 45.33 4.69 10 26
7 I Vinoth 5 15.0 3 52 3 17.33 3.47 3 8
8 M Mcelhone 14 34.0 0 185 3 61.67 5.44 29 39
9 Z Shoaib 15 36.0 0 218 2 109.0 6.06 21 90

Best Bowling Figures

#PlayerFiguresOversMaidensvsRound
1 O Pickford 4/15 4.0 0 NS U10 Waugh * R5
2 O Pickford 3/13 5.0 1 Mosman U10 McCabe R2
3 L Merewether 3/14 3.0 0 NS U10 Taylor * R4
4 L Merewether 2/9 3.0 1 Mosman U10 Maxwell * R1
5 O Pickford 2/10 3.0 0 NS U10 Watson R14
6 O Pickford 2/13 3.0 0 NS U10 Taylor * R4
7 O Pickford 2/13 3.0 0 LCCC U10 Boys Konstas R16
8 O Pickford 2/15 4.0 0 Mosman U10 Cummins R11
9 L Merewether 2/15 4.0 0 NS U10 Waugh * R5
10 O Pickford 2/17 3.0 0 RJCC U10 Roseville Roosters R6

Fielding Summary

# Player Mat Catches WK Catches Run Outs Assisted RO Stumpings Total
1 R McLaren 13 5 0 5 0 0 10
2 O Pickford 16 1 0 7 1 1 10
3 E Kraus 16 1 0 2 1 0 4
4 M Mcelhone 14 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 C Roberts 13 0 1 3 0 0 4
6 L Merewether 16 1 0 1 1 0 3
7 Z Shoaib 15 0 0 2 0 0 2
8 A Maharaj 13 0 0 1 0 0 1
9 I Vinoth 6 0 0 1 0 0 1

Fun Stats

Boundaries Hit

109

107 fours, 2 sixes
Extras Balance

-135

Received 761, conceded 896
Clean Bowled

0

Opposition batters bowled
Highest Team Score

149/0

vs NS U10 Gilchrist (R9)
Lowest Team Score

62/0

vs NS U10 Border * (R3)
Total Maidens

9

Maiden overs bowled
Dot Ball % (Bowling)

54.2%

802 dots from 1480 legal balls
Most Ducks

R McLaren - 1

I Vinoth - 1

L Merewether - 1


Dot Ball Survivors

The players who ground it out the most — facing dot balls and living to tell the tale.

Dot Ball Survivor Award

Z Shoaib

156 dot balls

78.4% dot ball rate (156/199 balls)
Longest Dot Ball Streak

I Vinoth

30 consecutive dots

From R1 to R2

Dot Ball Leaderboard

# Player Dots Faced Balls Faced Dot %
1 Z Shoaib 156 199 78.4%
2 E Kraus 142 197 72.1%
3 A Maharaj 123 166 74.1%
4 M Mcelhone 120 175 68.6%
5 C Roberts 118 194 60.8%
6 O Pickford 93 223 41.7%
7 R McLaren 72 161 44.7%
8 L Merewether 65 194 33.5%
9 I Vinoth 59 67 88.1%

Partnership Kings

Individual partnership stats derived from ball-by-ball data — who was at the crease when the runs flowed? Partnership totals include all extras.

Individual Partnership Totals

Personal batting runs scored in partnerships across the season (individual contribution is bat runs only; partnership totals include extras).

# Player Total Runs Partnerships Avg Partnership Biggest
1 L Merewether 250 37 6.8 30
2 O Pickford 211 41 5.1 16
3 R McLaren 169 29 5.8 28
4 C Roberts 142 44 3.2 31
5 M Mcelhone 77 34 2.3 16
6 E Kraus 67 40 1.7 11
7 Z Shoaib 49 42 1.2 10
8 A Maharaj 48 36 1.3 8
9 I Vinoth 10 13 0.8 4

Best Batting Pairs

Which two players combined for the most runs when batting together across the season.

# Pair Combined Runs Times Together Avg Partnership Biggest
1 O Pickford & R McLaren 253 18 14.1 49
2 L Merewether & O Pickford 181 11 16.5 35
3 M Mcelhone & L Merewether 122 11 11.1 30
4 C Roberts & Z Shoaib 113 14 8.1 35
5 L Merewether & C Roberts 90 8 11.2 23
6 E Kraus & C Roberts 74 6 12.3 46
7 L Merewether & E Kraus 66 4 16.5 43
8 A Maharaj & Z Shoaib 59 9 6.6 13
9 E Kraus & A Maharaj 48 12 4.0 9
10 E Kraus & O Pickford 44 4 11.0 16

Extras Machine

In U12 cricket, wides and no-balls are not re-bowled — so extras matter. A lot.

Total Extras Conceded

455

138 wides, 317 no-balls
Extras as % of Runs

29.2%

Of total runs conceded by our bowlers

Most Generous

Bowlers who gave away the most wides + no-balls

# Bowler Wd NB Total Overs Extras/Ov
1 Z Shoaib 21 90 111 36.0 3.08
2 E Kraus 15 56 71 39.0 1.82
3 M Mcelhone 29 39 68 34.0 2.0
4 L Merewether 30 32 62 49.0 1.27
5 C Roberts 9 34 43 30.0 1.43

Most Disciplined

Fewest extras per over (min 3 overs bowled)

# Bowler Wd NB Total Overs Extras/Ov
1 O Pickford 6 14 20 53.0 0.38
2 I Vinoth 3 8 11 15.0 0.73
3 R McLaren 15 18 33 33.0 1.0
4 A Maharaj 10 26 36 29.0 1.24
5 L Merewether 30 32 62 49.0 1.27

Extras % of Runs Conceded

What share of runs conceded were extras? (min 2 overs)

# Bowler Extras Runs Extras %
1 Z Shoaib 111 218 50.9%
2 M Mcelhone 68 185 36.8%
3 E Kraus 71 220 32.3%
4 C Roberts 43 144 29.9%
5 L Merewether 62 225 27.6%

Extras Beneficiaries

Batters who had the most wides + no-balls bowled to them

# Batter Wd NB Total
1 L Merewether 19 30 49
2 E Kraus 11 36 47
3 Z Shoaib 13 33 46
4 M Mcelhone 12 34 46
5 C Roberts 10 31 41

Rotation Fairness Index

How evenly batting positions were distributed across the squad over 15 non-finals matches (9 players).

Fairness Score

80.0

GOOD
100 = perfect rotation
Gini Coefficient

0.151

0 = perfectly equal treatment across squad
Players Analysed

9

Players with 2+ innings

Position Distribution Matrix

How many times each player batted at each position. Higher variety = better rotation.

Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Inn Uniq Variety
R McLaren 11 5 Fair
O Pickford 15 5 Fair
Z Shoaib 14 6 Fair
C Roberts 12 6 Good
L Merewether 14 6 Good
I Vinoth 5 4 Good
M Mcelhone 13 7 Good
A Maharaj 12 7 Good
E Kraus 15 8 Good

Bowling Opportunity Equity

How evenly bowling overs were distributed across the squad over the season, using ball-by-ball data. In U12 cricket, all players except 2 must bowl at least 2 overs per match — this shows the season-long picture.

Equity Rating

Fair

Gini coefficient: 0.2 (0 = perfect equality)
Total Team Overs

246.4

Across 9 bowlers
Fair Share

27.2

Overs per player if distributed equally

Heavy Workload

Players who bowled 30%+ more than fair share

PlayerOversvs Fair Share
O Pickford 49.4 +81%
L Merewether 39.3 +44%

Underused

Players who bowled 30%+ fewer than fair share

PlayerOversvs Fair Share
I Vinoth 13.2 -51%
Z Shoaib 18.1 -34%

Full Squad Bowling Distribution

# Player Overs Mat Bowled Mat Played Bowl % Ov/Match vs Fair Share
1 O Pickford 49.4 16 16 100% 3.1 +81%
2 L Merewether 39.3 16 16 100% 2.5 +44%
3 E Kraus 28.0 15 16 94% 1.9 2%
4 R McLaren 26.4 12 13 92% 2.2 -3%
5 C Roberts 24.2 12 13 92% 2.0 -11%
6 M Mcelhone 23.4 14 14 100% 1.7 -14%
7 A Maharaj 23.2 13 13 100% 1.8 -15%
8 Z Shoaib 18.1 15 15 100% 1.2 -34%
9 I Vinoth 13.2 5 6 83% 2.7 -51%

Season Progression

Comparing the first 8 matches to the last 8 matches.

Metric First Half Second Half Trend
Win/Loss 3W / 5L 5W / 3L Improving
Avg Score 97.6 126.8 +29.2
Avg Conceded 120.0 130.4 +10.4
Runs Scored 781 1014 +233
Wickets Taken 4 0 -4

Team of the Season XI

# Player Role Key Stats
1 L Merewether Opener
250 runs @ 250.0 10 wkts, Econ 4.6 1 ct, 1 ro
Opened 27% of innings | 16 matches | HS 31
2 R McLaren Opener
169 runs @ 169.0 4 wkts, Econ 4.6 5 ct, 5 ro
Opened 33% of innings | 13 matches | HS 28
3 O Pickford Middle Order
218 runs @ 13.6 23 wkts, Econ 4.2 1 ct, 1 st, 7 ro
16 matches | HS 24
4 Z Shoaib Middle Order
51 runs @ 3.4 2 wkts, Econ 6.1 2 ro
15 matches | HS 11
5 C Roberts Middle Order
134 runs @ 10.3 4 wkts, Econ 4.8 1 wk ct, 3 ro
13 matches | HS 31
6 A Maharaj AR All-rounder
48 runs @ 3.7 3 wkts, Econ 4.7 1 ro
AR score 36 | 13 matches | HS 12
7 M Mcelhone WK Wicket Keeper
78 runs @ 5.6 3 wkts, Econ 5.4 1 ct, 1 st, 1 ro
Kept in 8 innings | 14 matches | HS 16
8 E Kraus AR All-rounder
72 runs @ 4.5 4 wkts, Econ 5.6 1 ct, 2 ro
AR score 34 | 16 matches | HS 11
9 I Vinoth Bowler
14 runs @ 14.0 3 wkts, Econ 3.5 1 ro
6 matches | HS 5

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