Nathan Bessell

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Registered with: Hadspen Cricket Club · Latrobe Demons Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
6/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
20/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
47/100

Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 97 imported matches (+1.9)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 8.2 over 77 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

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.

Strengths

How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 20 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 47 × 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 40). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 40 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 20 catches + 6 run outs (2 direct, 4 assisted) in 97 matches — 0.27 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 77 innings at 8.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
96 wickets in 92 matches bowled in (of 97 played) — 1.04 per match at 27.3, economy 4.09, strike rate 40.0.

Fielding — imported matches (97)

20
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.21
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
4
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
26
Total dismissals
0.27
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

465
Runs (77 inns)
8.23
Avg (adj)
39.08
Strike rate
32
High score
28
Not outs
10
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

96
Wickets (640.5 ov)
4.09
Economy
27.26
Average
94
Maidens
0.17
Extras / over
40
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 97 imported
Batting 465 runs in 77 inns @ 8.23 (SR 39.08)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 32, 10 ducks
Bowling 96 wkts @ 27.26 (econ 4.09, SR 40)
Best / 5WI 5-13 · 2 five-fors
Fielding 20 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 26 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.21
Catches / match
0.27
Dismissals / match

Across 97 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
2025/26 22 5 179 32 9.99 46.98 0 0
2024/25 17 3 84 24 5.81 30.11 0 0
2023/24 24 13 112 25* 7.19 30.6 0 0
2022/23 14 7 90 27* 9.64 54.88 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2025/26 182.7 23 886 23 38.52 4.85 47.7
2024/25 214.8 42 767 43 17.84 3.57 30
2023/24 111.5 10 482 13 37.08 4.32 51.5
2022/23 131.5 19 482 17 28.35 3.67 46.4

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 4 0 1 0 5
2024/25 5 0 2 0 7
2023/24 6 0 2 0 8
2022/23 5 0 1 0 6
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