Simon Grove
Bowling – Opening Bowler
NSW
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Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
32/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
57/100
Representative pathway — 6 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 123 matches (+4.0)
- ● Body of work — 123 imported matches (+2.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 53.0 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 14% 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 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (4 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.8.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.11.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 32 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 57 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.29 for the level played (3rd grade 30 · 4th grade 69 · 5th grade and below 24). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 37 catches + 6 run outs (6 direct, 0 assisted) in 123 matches — 0.35 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 121 innings at 15.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 212 wickets in 120 matches bowled in (of 123 played) — 1.77 per match at 17.8, economy 3.11, strike rate 34.3.
Fielding — imported matches (123)
37
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.3
Catches / match
6
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
43
Total dismissals
0.35
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1636
Runs (121 inns)
15.87
Avg (adj)
52.98
Strike rate
76
High score
21
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
212
Wickets (1212.2 ov)
3.11
Economy
17.77
Average
238
Maidens
0.11
Extras / over
34.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 123 imported |
| Batting | 1636 runs in 121 inns @ 15.87 (SR 52.98) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 76, 17 ducks |
| Bowling | 212 wkts @ 17.77 (econ 3.11, SR 34.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 8-39 · 7 five-fors |
| Fielding | 37 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 43 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.3
Catches / match
0.35
Dismissals / match
Across 123 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 5 | 1 | 100 | 23* | 24 | 98.04 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 14 | 2 | 139 | 19 | 11.35 | 86.34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 13 | 2 | 308 | 76 | 27.34 | 385 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 11 | 1 | 124 | 39* | 12.3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 16 | 5 | 201 | 40 | 16.49 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 11 | 1 | 74 | 24 | 7.34 | 168.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 17 | 5 | 288 | 61 | 21.92 | 436.36 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 13 | 2 | 124 | 31 | 11.01 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 13 | 2 | 208 | 43 | 18.46 | 407.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 7 | 0 | 66 | 44 | 9.43 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 39 | 11 | 109 | 7 | 15.57 | 2.79 | 33.4 |
| 2019/20 | 161.8 | 43 | 467 | 26 | 17.96 | 2.89 | 37.3 |
| 2018/19 | 134.2 | 40 | 326 | 26 | 12.54 | 2.43 | 31 |
| 2017/18 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | — | 6 | — |
| 2016/17 | 86.8 | 10 | 334 | 11 | 30.36 | 3.85 | 47.4 |
| 2015/16 | 123.3 | 16 | 419 | 20 | 20.95 | 3.4 | 37 |
| 2014/15 | 100.5 | 15 | 319 | 26 | 12.27 | 3.17 | 23.2 |
| 2013/14 | 193.5 | 39 | 537 | 41 | 13.1 | 2.78 | 28.3 |
| 2012/13 | 130.8 | 25 | 428 | 19 | 22.53 | 3.27 | 41.3 |
| 2011/12 | 128.2 | 21 | 456 | 21 | 21.71 | 3.56 | 36.6 |
| 2010/11 | 108 | 18 | 336 | 15 | 22.4 | 3.11 | 43.2 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018/19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012/13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2010/11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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