Samuel Van Der Walt (15)
Batting – Middle-Order Batter
U15 (2025/26)
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Prospect District Cricket Club · Gepps Cross Cricket Club · Ingle Farm District Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2010
(inferred from U15 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2026/27 (ages out of U16 after this)
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
139 off 89
NEJCA - U/14 Division 2 · 2024/25 · 13×4, 8×6
· SR 156
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 37 balls (SR 135), then 50 to 100 in just 33 (SR 152) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
100 of 139 runs (72%) in boundaries · 29% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 14 balls · SR 143
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20→40
· 14 balls · SR 143
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40→50
· 9 balls · SR 111
steady
50→60
· 5 balls · SR 200
rapid
60→80
· 12 balls · SR 167
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80→100
· 16 balls · SR 125
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Overall
Needs Work
19/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
51/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
55/100
Representative pathway — 5 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 8 matches (+3.2)
- ● Body of work — 68 imported matches (+1.4)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball
26 of 49 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 13% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.73.
- ✓ Safe hands — 25 catches in 68 matches (0.37 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 51 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 55 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.47 for the level played (Rep Div 1 8 · Club 14). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 22 matches since 31 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 25 catches + 8 run outs (5 direct, 3 assisted) in 68 matches — 0.49 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 61 innings at 16.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 29 wickets in 47 matches bowled in (of 68 played) — 0.62 per match at 21.0, economy 3.73, strike rate 33.8.
Fielding — imported matches (68)
25
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.37
Catches / match
5
RO (direct)
3
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
33
Total dismissals
0.49
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
816
Runs (61 inns)
16.01
Avg (adj)
83.21
Strike rate
139
High score
12
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
29
Wickets (163.5 ov)
3.73
Economy
21.03
Average
23
Maidens
0.5
Extras / over
33.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 68 imported |
| Batting | 816 runs in 61 inns @ 16.01 (SR 83.21) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 1×50, HS 139, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 29 wkts @ 21.03 (econ 3.73, SR 33.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-21 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 25 ct, 8 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 33 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.37
Catches / match
0.49
Dismissals / match
Across 68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 11 | 1 | 145 | 38 | 14.38 | 88.96 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 13 | 0 | 225 | 139 | 17.31 | 111.94 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 25 | 5 | 331 | 71 | 15.89 | 74.05 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 11 | 6 | 102 | 24* | 14.33 | 68.92 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 86.67 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 31 | 5 | 122 | 6 | 20.33 | 3.94 | 31 |
| 2024/25 | 43.5 | 8 | 135 | 6 | 22.5 | 3.1 | 43.5 |
| 2023/24 | 71 | 10 | 254 | 16 | 15.88 | 3.58 | 26.6 |
| 2022/23 | 14 | 0 | 77 | 0 | — | 5.5 | — |
| 2021/22 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 5.5 | 24 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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