Simon Donaldson
Bowling – Opening Bowler
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Competitions
Registered with:
Port Elliot Cricket Club · Bridgewater Cricket Club (SA) · Great Southern Cricket Association · Hills Cricket Association
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
26/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
57/100
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 122 imported matches (+2.4)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 13.2 over 105 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.2.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.46.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 57 × 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 122). 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: 41 catches + 3 run outs (3 direct, 0 assisted) in 122 matches — 0.36 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 105 innings at 13.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 271 wickets in 120 matches bowled in (of 122 played) — 2.26 per match at 15.2, economy 2.46, strike rate 37.2.
Fielding — imported matches (122)
41
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.34
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
44
Total dismissals
0.36
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1060
Runs (105 inns)
13.17
Avg (adj)
52.47
Strike rate
117
High score
32
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
271
Wickets (1679.8 ov)
2.46
Economy
15.24
Average
467
Maidens
0.05
Extras / over
37.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 122 imported |
| Batting | 1060 runs in 105 inns @ 13.17 (SR 52.47) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 1×50, HS 117, 13 ducks |
| Bowling | 271 wkts @ 15.24 (econ 2.46, SR 37.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 8-51 · 7 five-fors |
| Fielding | 41 ct, 3 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 44 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.34
Catches / match
0.36
Dismissals / match
Across 122 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 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5.94 | 45.24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 10* | 4.38 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 9 | 5 | 135 | 41* | 23.33 | 160.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 9 | 3 | 98 | 39* | 14.52 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 7 | 2 | 123 | 45* | 22.59 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 30 | 13.06 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 11 | 0 | 275 | 117 | 25 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 5.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10* | 10 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13* | 7.11 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 7.11 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 9 | 4 | 59 | 18 | 9.47 | 38.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 9 | 3 | 64 | 27 | 9.48 | 70.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 40* | 29.33 | 113.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 106.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005/06 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2.14 | 26.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004/05 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 7.04 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 61.8 | 25 | 94 | 7 | 13.43 | 1.52 | 53 |
| 2020/21 | 116 | 41 | 260 | 20 | 13 | 2.24 | 34.8 |
| 2019/20 | 120 | 44 | 214 | 21 | 10.19 | 1.78 | 34.3 |
| 2018/19 | 116.7 | 29 | 284 | 17 | 16.71 | 2.43 | 41.2 |
| 2017/18 | 111 | 28 | 270 | 10 | 27 | 2.43 | 66.6 |
| 2016/17 | 68.8 | 23 | 186 | 10 | 18.6 | 2.7 | 41.3 |
| 2015/16 | 157.3 | 45 | 401 | 28 | 14.32 | 2.55 | 33.7 |
| 2014/15 | 62.7 | 15 | 158 | 13 | 12.15 | 2.52 | 28.9 |
| 2013/14 | 18.3 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 16.33 | 2.67 | 36.7 |
| 2012/13 | 34 | 6 | 99 | 5 | 19.8 | 2.91 | 40.8 |
| 2011/12 | 49.7 | 7 | 140 | 10 | 14 | 2.82 | 29.8 |
| 2010/11 | 37 | 10 | 100 | 9 | 11.11 | 2.7 | 24.7 |
| 2009/10 | 152 | 43 | 331 | 22 | 15.05 | 2.18 | 41.5 |
| 2008/09 | 190.2 | 48 | 519 | 35 | 14.83 | 2.73 | 32.6 |
| 2007/08 | 47 | 17 | 107 | 3 | 35.67 | 2.28 | 94 |
| 2006/07 | 122.7 | 35 | 278 | 24 | 11.58 | 2.27 | 30.7 |
| 2005/06 | 121.7 | 27 | 370 | 20 | 18.5 | 3.04 | 36.5 |
| 2004/05 | 93 | 15 | 271 | 14 | 19.36 | 2.91 | 39.9 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015/16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2014/15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009/10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007/08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006/07 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005/06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004/05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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