Nicholas Zappala
Representative pathway — 5 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 34 matches (+4.0)
- ● Body of work — 34 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 6.0 over 21 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
11 of 17 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.
Out for 0 in 29% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.21 dismissals per match across 34 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.4.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.38.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 23 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 60 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.21 for the level played (4th grade 8 · 5th grade and below 26). 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: 6 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 34 matches — 0.21 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 21 innings at 6.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 32 wickets in 29 matches bowled in (of 34 played) — 1.10 per match at 16.4, economy 3.38, strike rate 29.1.
Fielding — imported matches (34)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 34 imported |
| Batting | 105 runs in 21 inns @ 5.95 (SR 37.11) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 22, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 32 wkts @ 16.38 (econ 3.38, SR 29.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-22 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 ct, 1 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 6.25 | 357.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3* | 1.63 | 27.59 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 10 | 1 | 72 | 22 | 7.92 | 58.54 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 4.38 | 48 |
| 2022/23 | 66 | 5 | 225 | 15 | 15 | 3.41 | 26.4 |
| 2021/22 | 42 | 3 | 149 | 8 | 18.63 | 3.55 | 31.5 |
| 2020/21 | 39 | 3 | 115 | 8 | 14.38 | 2.95 | 29.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How does Nicholas compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.