Damien Nihill
Representative pathway — 11 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 61 matches (+10.0)
- ● Body of work — 61 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 4.0 over 33 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Only 0.13 catches per match over 61 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Out for 0 in 24% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.02 is excellent but a wicket every 42 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.02.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 14 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 41 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.83 for the level played (1st grade 56 · 2nd grade 5). 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: 8 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 61 matches — 0.13 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 33 innings at 4.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 96 wickets in 59 matches bowled in (of 61 played) — 1.63 per match at 21.1, economy 3.02, strike rate 42.0.
Fielding — imported matches (61)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 61 imported |
| Batting | 88 runs in 33 inns @ 4.04 (SR 17.6) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 13, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 96 wkts @ 21.13 (econ 3.02, SR 42) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-28 · 3 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 0 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 8 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 61 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004/05 | 15 | 8 | 35 | 6* | 3.58 | 31.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003/04 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 | 42.86 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002/03 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 8.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2001/02 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4* | 3.89 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2000/01 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8* | 3.84 | 13.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999/00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004/05 | 312.2 | 67 | 937 | 41 | 22.85 | 3 | 45.7 |
| 2003/04 | 108.7 | 22 | 317 | 8 | 39.63 | 2.92 | 81.5 |
| 2002/03 | 93.7 | 25 | 245 | 20 | 12.25 | 2.62 | 28.1 |
| 2001/02 | 75 | 11 | 263 | 12 | 21.92 | 3.51 | 37.5 |
| 2000/01 | 66.8 | 14 | 200 | 9 | 22.22 | 2.99 | 44.6 |
| 1999/00 | 15 | 2 | 66 | 6 | 11 | 4.4 | 15 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004/05 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2003/04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001/02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How does Damien compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.