Simon Blaess

Bowling – First-Change Bowler SA Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Woodville South Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
10/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Advance
55/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
56/100

Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 64 imported matches (+1.3)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 51.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

17 of 33 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.

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.74.
  • ✓ Safe hands — 25 catches in 64 matches (0.39 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 55 × 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 30). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 30 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 25 catches + 6 run outs (2 direct, 4 assisted) in 64 matches — 0.48 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 52 innings at 15.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
59 wickets in 53 matches bowled in (of 64 played) — 1.11 per match at 19.3, economy 3.74, strike rate 30.9.

Fielding — imported matches (64)

25
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.39
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
4
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
31
Total dismissals
0.48
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

607
Runs (52 inns)
15.94
Avg (adj)
51.52
Strike rate
42
High score
19
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

59
Wickets (303.7 ov)
3.74
Economy
19.27
Average
44
Maidens
0.19
Extras / over
30.9
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 64 imported
Batting 607 runs in 52 inns @ 15.94 (SR 51.52)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 42, 6 ducks
Bowling 59 wkts @ 19.27 (econ 3.74, SR 30.9)
Best / 5WI 4-18 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 25 ct, 6 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 31 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.39
Catches / match
0.48
Dismissals / match

Across 64 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 1 12 12* 12 46.15 0 0
2025/26 12 5 145 42 17.12 48.49 0 0
2024/25 12 2 203 40 19.74 51.79 0 0
2023/24 11 2 44 12 4.73 47.31 0 0
2022/23 16 9 203 42 19.82 71.23 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 6 0 19 1 19 3.17 36
2025/26 57 5 262 10 26.2 4.6 34.2
2024/25 84 15 317 16 19.81 3.77 31.5
2023/24 46 4 173 8 21.63 3.76 34.5
2022/23 110.7 20 366 24 15.25 3.31 27.7

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 5 0 0 0 5
2024/25 11 0 3 0 14
2023/24 2 0 2 0 4
2022/23 7 0 1 0 8
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