Nicholas Birrell

Bowling – First-Change Bowler NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Rydalmere Cricket Club · Epping Bulls Cricket Club · Epping District Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
6/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
5/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
59/100

Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 79 imported matches (+1.6)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 10.9 over 60 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

23 of 42 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.

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.

medium Fielding
Low overall fielding impact

0.16 dismissals per match across 79 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.

Strengths

  • ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.1.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.59.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 5 × 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 18). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 18 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 12 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 79 matches — 0.16 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 60 innings at 10.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
151 wickets in 76 matches bowled in (of 79 played) — 1.99 per match at 15.1, economy 2.59, strike rate 34.9.

Fielding — imported matches (79)

12
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.15
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
13
Total dismissals
0.16
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

503
Runs (60 inns)
10.9
Avg (adj)
64.78
Strike rate
48
High score
18
Not outs
10
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

151
Wickets (878.7 ov)
2.59
Economy
15.05
Average
194
Maidens
0.11
Extras / over
34.9
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 79 imported
Batting 503 runs in 60 inns @ 10.9 (SR 64.78)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 48, 7 ducks
Bowling 151 wkts @ 15.05 (econ 2.59, SR 34.9)
Best / 5WI 8-7 · 4 five-fors
Fielding 12 ct, 1 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 13 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.15
Catches / match
0.16
Dismissals / match

Across 79 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 2 1 4 3* 3 50 0 0
2025/26 10 7 63 28* 10.71 67.02 0 0
2024/25 8 1 48 16 6.75 120 0 0
2023/24 10 3 81 21 10.53 1620 0 0
2022/23 10 3 57 18* 7.41 85.07 0 0
2021/22 4 1 74 40* 23.13 493.33 0 0
2018/19 4 0 50 24 12.5 — 0 0
2017/18 7 0 66 48 9.43 6600 0 0
2016/17 3 1 42 26 18.67 — 0 0
2013/14 2 1 18 12* 13.5 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 13 2 53 1 53 4.08 78
2025/26 135.2 30 388 23 16.87 2.87 35.3
2024/25 119 29 301 22 13.68 2.53 32.5
2023/24 60 13 153 12 12.75 2.55 30
2022/23 141 16 294 24 12.25 2.09 35.3
2021/22 36 5 102 6 17 2.83 36
2018/19 100.8 25 297 15 19.8 2.95 40.3
2017/18 183 46 443 28 15.82 2.42 39.2
2016/17 84 28 201 18 11.17 2.39 28
2013/14 6.7 0 40 2 20 6 20

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 1 0 0 0 1
2023/24 2 0 0 0 2
2021/22 4 0 0 0 4
2017/18 1 0 1 0 2
2016/17 2 0 0 0 2
2013/14 2 0 0 0 2
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