Sam Niven (17)
Batting – Middle-Order Batter
U10 (2018/19)
QLD
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Competitions
Registered with:
St Laurence's Cricket Club · Souths Junior Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2008
(inferred from U10 eligibility, 2018/19 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2024/25 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
6/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
27/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 19 imported matches (+0.4)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 59.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
Boundary-or-block scoring pattern
70% of runs come in boundaries yet the strike rate is modest — between boundaries the scoreboard stalls. Add strike rotation to keep bowlers from settling.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 7 catches in 19 matches (0.37 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 27 × 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 19). 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: 7 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 19 matches — 0.42 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 17 innings at 17.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 11 wickets from 46.0 overs across 16 matches bowled in (of 19 played) — 0.69 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (19)
7
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.37
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
8
Total dismissals
0.42
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
214
Runs (17 inns)
17.77
Avg (adj)
58.99
Strike rate
41
High score
7
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
11
Wickets (46 ov)
4.57
Economy
19.09
Average
2
Maidens
0.72
Extras / over
25.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 19 imported |
| Batting | 214 runs in 17 inns @ 17.77 (SR 58.99) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 41, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 11 wkts @ 19.09 (econ 4.57, SR 25.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-16 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 7 ct, 1 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 8 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.37
Catches / match
0.42
Dismissals / match
Across 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 7 | 3 | 92 | 24* | 18.78 | 57.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 7 | 3 | 104 | 41 | 21.22 | 68.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16* | 16 | 94.12 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 4 | — |
| 2020/21 | 20 | 1 | 99 | 4 | 24.75 | 4.95 | 30 |
| 2019/20 | 21 | 0 | 96 | 5 | 19.2 | 4.57 | 25.2 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 2.33 | 9 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019/20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Pathway benchmark
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