Nigel Baker

Bowling – Opening Bowler NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Cobbitty-Narellan Cricket Club · Beecroft Cricket Club · Blacktown Workers Senior Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
22/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
60/100

Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 108 imported matches (+2.2)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 11.7 over 82 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

44 of 67 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.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 17% 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 17.7.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.94.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 22 × 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
×0.30 for the level played (Club 28). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 28 matches since 30 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 28 catches + 2 run outs (1 direct, 1 assisted) in 108 matches — 0.28 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 82 innings at 11.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
116 wickets in 97 matches bowled in (of 108 played) — 1.20 per match at 17.7, economy 2.94, strike rate 36.1.

Fielding — imported matches (108)

28
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.26
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
30
Total dismissals
0.28
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

812
Runs (82 inns)
11.71
Avg (adj)
48.28
Strike rate
81
High score
15
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

116
Wickets (698.5 ov)
2.94
Economy
17.7
Average
116
Maidens
0.14
Extras / over
36.1
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 108 imported
Batting 812 runs in 82 inns @ 11.71 (SR 48.28)
Milestones 0×100, 1×50, HS 81, 14 ducks
Bowling 116 wkts @ 17.7 (econ 2.94, SR 36.1)
Best / 5WI 6-45 · 2 five-fors
Fielding 28 ct, 2 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 30 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.26
Catches / match
0.28
Dismissals / match

Across 108 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
2026/27 2 0 18 14 9 100 0 0
2025/26 5 3 21 11 6.72 233.33 0 0
2024/25 12 3 84 21 8.75 4200 0 0
2023/24 13 3 182 40 17.23 — 0 0
2022/23 8 2 118 81* 18.44 — 1 0
2021/22 3 0 4 4 1.33 — 0 0
2020/21 1 0 3 3 3 — 0 0
2019/20 1 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2017/18 3 0 37 22 12.33 — 0 0
2016/17 10 2 117 40 14.04 — 0 0
2015/16 12 2 99 31* 9.63 — 0 0
2014/15 12 0 129 45 10.75 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 31 6 90 3 30 2.9 62
2025/26 120.8 26 359 27 13.3 2.97 26.9
2024/25 105.3 18 368 21 17.52 3.49 30.1
2023/24 136.5 18 333 23 14.48 2.44 35.6
2022/23 137 22 351 19 18.47 2.56 43.3
2021/22 20 6 22 2 11 1.1 60
2019/20 5 1 15 1 15 3 30
2017/18 11 0 71 3 23.67 6.45 22
2016/17 52.8 5 209 6 34.83 3.96 52.8
2015/16 55 10 167 8 20.88 3.04 41.3
2014/15 24 4 68 3 22.67 2.83 48

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 5 0 0 0 5
2024/25 4 0 0 0 4
2023/24 2 0 1 0 3
2022/23 5 0 1 0 6
2021/22 3 0 0 0 3
2016/17 5 0 0 0 5
2015/16 4 0 0 0 4
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