Oliver Nicholson
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 24 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 2.0 over 15 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
9 of 14 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.
1.1 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
Going at 5.65 an over. Tighten the stock ball: hit a consistent length, cut out the 4-ball (short and wide / overpitched on the pads).
Only 0.04 catches per match over 24 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 27% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 0 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 14 × 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 24). 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: 0 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 24 matches — 0.04 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 15 innings at 2.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 8 wickets in 24 matches — 0.33 per match at 38.9, economy 5.65, strike rate 41.3.
Fielding — imported matches (24)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 24 imported |
| Batting | 28 runs in 15 inns @ 1.99 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 5, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 8 wkts @ 38.88 (econ 5.65, SR 41.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-8 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 1 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 2 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 2.86 | 222.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1.44 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 16 | 0 | 131 | 2 | 65.5 | 8.19 | 48 |
| 2016/17 | 15 | 1 | 65 | 3 | 21.67 | 4.33 | 30 |
| 2015/16 | 24 | 0 | 115 | 3 | 38.33 | 4.79 | 48 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
How does Oliver compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.