Daniel Close
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Eastern Cricket Association - Representative · Surrey Hills Cricket Club · Xavier College
Overall
Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
20/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Established
~16/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 9 matches (+1.3)
- ● Body of work — 30 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
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
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.20 dismissals per match across 30 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 20 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 16 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.50 for the level played (Rep Div 1 9 · Club 13). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 22 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 6 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 30 matches — 0.20 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 26 innings at 16.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 13 wickets in 19 matches bowled in (of 30 played) — 0.68 per match at 34.6, economy 4.32, strike rate 48.1.
Fielding — imported matches (30)
6
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.2
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
6
Total dismissals
0.2
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
386
Runs (26 inns)
16.56
Avg (adj)
72.12
Strike rate
60
High score
3
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
13
Wickets (104.2 ov)
4.32
Economy
34.62
Average
9
Maidens
0.26
Extras / over
48.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 30 imported |
| Batting | 386 runs in 26 inns @ 16.56 (SR 72.12) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 60, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 13 wkts @ 34.62 (econ 4.32, SR 48.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-28 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 ct, 0 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 6 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.2
Catches / match
0.2
Dismissals / match
Across 30 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 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22* | 22 | 183.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 10 | 2 | 77 | 45 | 9.24 | 53.47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 7 | 0 | 98 | 42 | 14 | 75.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 0 | 189 | 60 | 23.63 | 83.26 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1.83 | 36 |
| 2025/26 | 38 | 3 | 194 | 5 | 38.8 | 5.11 | 45.6 |
| 2024/25 | 28.5 | 3 | 120 | 0 | — | 4.21 | — |
| 2023/24 | 31.7 | 2 | 125 | 7 | 17.86 | 3.95 | 27.1 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
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