Nikshep Mekala (25)

★ Div 1 Rep All-Rounder – Bowling U15 (2015/16) NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Parramatta District Cricket Club · Wenty Leagues Cricket Club · North West Sydney Hurricanes District Cricket Club · Sydney Junior Winter Cricket Association · Winston Hills Cricket Club · Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club · City NSW · Parramatta District Cricket Association · Sydney West CHS
District represented: Parramatta (Green Shield — NSW Premier Cricket) · Parramatta (junior rep association)
Age: Born on/after 1 Sep 2000 (inferred from U15 eligibility, 2015/16 season)
Green Shield: 2 season(s) played (first 2015/16) · last GS year 2016/17 (ages out of U16 after this)
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🏏 Century highlight
182 off 143
Metropolitan Cup · 2017/18 · 21×4, 7×6 · SR 127

Ball-by-ball detail isn't available for this match, so the innings worm and shot breakdown aren't shown.

Overall Needs Work
21/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
9/100
Batting Proficient
57/100
Bowling Proficient
57/100

Representative pathway — 24 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Green Shield below age (2 season(s), +8)
  • ● Division 1 representative (+4)
  • ● Premier or state pathway — 15 matches (+6.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 35 matches (+4.0)
  • ● Body of work — 115 imported matches (+2.3)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 61.9 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

high Fielding
Catching return too low for selection

Only 0.14 catches per match over 115 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 15% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 11% of 50+ scores become hundreds (8 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

Strengths

  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 182.
  • ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.6.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.30.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 9 × 40% · Batting 57 × 30% · Bowling 57 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.41 for the level played (State competition 3 · Rep Div 1 31 · 2nd grade 1 · Club 62 · 4th grade 4 · 5th grade and below 14). 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: 14 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 115 matches — 0.14 per match.
Batting
1,792 runs in 95 innings, adjusted average 22.6, strike rate 61.9. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
119 wickets in 98 matches bowled in (of 115 played) — 1.21 per match at 16.6, economy 3.30, strike rate 30.1.

Fielding — imported matches (115)

14
Ct (field)
2
Ct (WK)
0.14
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
18
Total dismissals
0.16
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

1792
Runs (95 inns)
22.64
Avg (adj)
61.87
Strike rate
182
High score
19
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

119
Wickets (597.7 ov)
3.3
Economy
16.56
Average
99
Maidens
0.3
Extras / over
30.1
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 115 imported
Batting 1792 runs in 95 inns @ 22.64 (SR 61.87)
Milestones 1×100, 8×50, HS 182, 14 ducks
Bowling 119 wkts @ 16.56 (econ 3.3, SR 30.1)
Best / 5WI 4-16 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 16 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 18 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.14
Catches / match
0.16
Dismissals / match

Across 115 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
2018/19 1 1 2 2* 2 16.67 0 0
2017/18 8 0 276 182 34.5 143.01 0 1
2016/17 29 7 334 57 14.3 89.54 1 0
2015/16 24 7 606 92 32.61 84.76 4 0
2014/15 11 1 178 65* 17.65 97.8 1 0
2013/14 10 1 221 51* 24.31 89.11 2 0
2012/13 12 2 175 40* 17.01 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2018/19 1 0 9 0 — 9 —
2017/18 65 9 235 7 33.57 3.62 55.7
2016/17 177.5 21 636 39 16.31 3.58 27.3
2015/16 179.5 42 468 33 14.18 2.61 32.6
2014/15 78 11 319 16 19.94 4.09 29.3
2013/14 63 11 203 12 16.92 3.22 31.5
2012/13 33.7 5 101 12 8.42 3 16.8

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2017/18 1 0 0 0 1
2016/17 3 1 0 0 4
2015/16 3 1 0 0 4
2014/15 2 0 0 0 2
2013/14 2 0 2 0 4
2012/13 3 0 0 0 3
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