Willem van der Merwe (17)
Batting – Top-Order Batter
U17 (2025/26)
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Grange Cricket Club · Prospect District Cricket Club · Glenunga Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2008
(inferred from U17 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2024/25 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
14/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
19/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 7 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 13 matches (+5.2)
- ● Regional representative — 8 matches (+1.2)
- ● Body of work — 24 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 13.4 over 25 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 16% 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 19 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.60 for the level played (Rep Div 1 12 · 2nd grade 1 · 3rd grade 8 · Club 2). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 23 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 5 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 24 matches — 0.21 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 25 innings at 13.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Fielding — imported matches (24)
5
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.25
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
6
Total dismissals
0.25
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
323
Runs (25 inns)
13.44
Avg (adj)
69.28
Strike rate
47
High score
1
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
0
Wickets (0 ov)
—
Economy
—
Average
0
Maidens
—
Extras / over
—
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 24 imported |
| Batting | 323 runs in 25 inns @ 13.44 (SR 69.28) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 47, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 0 wkts @ — (econ —, SR —) |
| Best / 5WI | 0-0 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 ct, 0 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.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 6 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.25
Catches / match
0.25
Dismissals / match
Across 24 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 | 24 | 1 | 318 | 47 | 13.8 | 69.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Pathway benchmark
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