Nikki Smith
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 28 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 57.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
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 2.97.
- ✓ Reliable in the field — contributes a dismissal every second match.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 56 × 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 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: 8 catches + 7 run outs (2 direct, 5 assisted) in 28 matches — 0.54 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 24 innings at 18.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 23 wickets in 28 matches — 0.82 per match at 19.3, economy 2.97, strike rate 39.0.
Fielding — imported matches (28)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 28 imported |
| Batting | 348 runs in 24 inns @ 18.73 (SR 57.62) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 57, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 23 wkts @ 19.3 (econ 2.97, SR 39) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-3 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 7 RO, 0 st |
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 15 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 28 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 | 41 | 22 | 30.75 | 71.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 7 | 2 | 112 | 57* | 20.57 | 76.71 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 21 | 10.29 | 39.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 3 | 132 | 43* | 22.69 | 54.77 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 4.29 | 42 |
| 2025/26 | 57 | 8 | 119 | 12 | 9.92 | 2.09 | 28.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44 | 3 | 144 | 5 | 28.8 | 3.27 | 52.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.7 | 5 | 151 | 5 | 30.2 | 3.62 | 50 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
How does Nikki compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.