🏅 Nicholas Critchley (16)

★ Div 1 Rep Batting – Top-Order Batter U16 (2025/26) VIC Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: South East Cricket Association - Representative · Bentleigh Cricket Club · West Bentleigh Cricket Club · Melbourne Cricket Club · Croydon Cricket Club · Brighton District Cricket Club (VIC) · VIC School Team · Brighton Grammar School · Victoria
Age: Born on/after 1 Sep 2009 (inferred from U16 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield: 0 season(s) played · last GS year 2025/26 (ages out of U16 after this)
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🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
129 off 142
Under 16 WJ Dowling Shield (Male) · 2025/26 · 11×4, 3×6 · SR 91

The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 83 balls (SR 60), then 50 to 100 in just 43 (SR 116) — more than double the tempo.

Scoring breakdown
62 of 129 runs (48%) in boundaries · 46% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20 · 35 balls · SR 57 watchful
20→40 · 38 balls · SR 53 watchful
40→50 · 10 balls · SR 100 steady
50→60 · 9 balls · SR 111 steady
60→80 · 18 balls · SR 111 steady
80→100 · 16 balls · SR 125 brisk
Overall Proficient
45/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Proficient
46/100
Batting Elite
81/100
Bowling Proficient
51/100

Representative pathway — 34 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● State representation (+12)
  • ● Division 1 representative (+4)
  • ● Premier or state pathway — 31 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 19 matches (+2.9)
  • ● Body of work — 247 imported matches (+4.9)

Critical recommendations

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 11% of 50+ scores become hundreds (39 fifties, 5 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

Strengths

  • ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 35.4.
  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 5 hundred(s), best of 129.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.63.
  • ✓ Safe hands — 91 catches in 247 matches (0.37 per match), a genuine selection asset.
  • ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 36 run outs.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 46 × 40% · Batting 81 × 30% · Bowling 51 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.62 for the level played (State competition 5 · Rep Div 1 35 · 3rd grade 5 · Club 13 · 4th grade 5). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 63 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 90 catches + 36 run outs (25 direct, 11 assisted) in 247 matches — 0.51 per match.
Batting
5,610 runs in 216 innings, adjusted average 35.4, strike rate 67.3. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
128 wickets in 175 matches bowled in (of 247 played) — 0.73 per match at 19.7, economy 3.63, strike rate 32.5.

Fielding — imported matches (247)

90
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.37
Catches / match
25
RO (direct)
11
RO (assist)
1
Stumpings
128
Total dismissals
0.52
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

5610
Runs (216 inns)
35.35
Avg (adj)
67.27
Strike rate
129
High score
78
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

128
Wickets (692.7 ov)
3.63
Economy
19.65
Average
105
Maidens
0.24
Extras / over
32.5
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 247 imported
Batting 5610 runs in 216 inns @ 35.35 (SR 67.27)
Milestones 5×100, 39×50, HS 129, 20 ducks
Bowling 128 wkts @ 19.65 (econ 3.63, SR 32.5)
Best / 5WI 5-13 · 1 five-fors
Fielding 91 ct, 36 RO, 1 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 128 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.37
Catches / match
0.52
Dismissals / match

Across 247 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 4 1 207 95* 64.69 84.49 2 0
2025/26 33 7 1,331 129 48.89 66.99 9 4
2024/25 45 11 1,029 116 28.46 70.38 9 1
2023/24 42 14 1,221 89* 38.76 66.83 11 0
2022/23 37 10 853 79* 29.28 59.94 6 0
2021/22 28 19 614 68* 36.81 78.42 2 0
2020/21 14 11 192 22* 24.49 91.87 0 0
2019/20 11 5 106 29 14.02 53.27 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 19 1 88 2 44 4.63 57
2025/26 98.7 8 433 24 18.04 4.39 24.7
2024/25 135.8 18 480 20 24 3.53 40.8
2023/24 119 16 452 18 25.11 3.8 39.7
2022/23 183.2 35 619 33 18.76 3.38 33.3
2021/22 67 10 235 16 14.69 3.51 25.1
2020/21 31 9 85 8 10.63 2.74 23.3
2019/20 28 8 65 4 16.25 2.32 42
2018/19 5 0 40 1 40 8 30

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2026/27 3 0 0 0 3
2025/26 15 0 2 0 17
2024/25 23 0 10 0 33
2023/24 24 1 7 1 33
2022/23 9 0 8 0 17
2021/22 13 0 3 0 16
2020/21 2 0 4 0 6
2019/20 1 0 1 0 2
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