Brandon Van Niekerk
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 51 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 6.2 over 41 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
20 of 39 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.
Going at 5.76 an over. Tighten the stock ball: hit a consistent length, cut out the 4-ball (short and wide / overpitched on the pads).
Out for 0 in 20% 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 28 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 46 × 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 51). 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: 12 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 51 matches — 0.27 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 41 innings at 6.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 29 wickets in 38 matches bowled in (of 51 played) — 0.76 per match at 32.1, economy 5.76, strike rate 33.4.
Fielding — imported matches (51)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 51 imported |
| Batting | 242 runs in 41 inns @ 6.19 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 34, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 29 wkts @ 32.1 (econ 5.76, SR 33.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-25 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 15 ct, 2 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 17 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 2 | 63 | 31 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 5.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 13 | 0 | 104 | 34 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 23 | 4 | 132 | 7 | 18.86 | 5.74 | 19.7 |
| 2021/22 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 0 | — | 5 | — |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 4.33 | — |
| 2019/20 | 25.5 | 0 | 155 | 8 | 19.38 | 6.08 | 19.1 |
| 2018/19 | 10 | 0 | 62 | 0 | — | 6.2 | — |
| 2016/17 | 28 | 3 | 172 | 4 | 43 | 6.14 | 42 |
| 2015/16 | 22 | 2 | 104 | 3 | 34.67 | 4.73 | 44 |
| 2014/15 | 39 | 1 | 237 | 7 | 33.86 | 6.08 | 33.4 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 5.5 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019/20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015/16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
How does Brandon compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.