Nishanth Balaguruswamy

Bowling – Opening Bowler NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Gordon District Cricket Club (Premier) · Epping Bulls Cricket Club · Super Sikhs Sports and Cultural · University of NSW Cricket Club (NSW) · East Belmont Cricket Club · University of NSW · Pennant Hills Cricket Club · Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
14/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
60/100

Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Regional representative — 2 matches (+0.3)
  • ● Body of work — 92 imported matches (+1.8)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 6.5 over 66 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

23 of 44 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 21% 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

0.18 dismissals per match across 92 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.25.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 14 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 60 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.32 for the level played (3rd grade 1 · Club 4 · 4th grade 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 6 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 16 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 92 matches — 0.18 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 66 innings at 6.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
124 wickets in 85 matches bowled in (of 92 played) — 1.46 per match at 18.6, economy 3.25, strike rate 34.4.

Fielding — imported matches (92)

16
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.17
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
17
Total dismissals
0.18
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

322
Runs (66 inns)
6.51
Avg (adj)
30.74
Strike rate
25
High score
22
Not outs
10
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

124
Wickets (710 ov)
3.25
Economy
18.6
Average
136
Maidens
0.21
Extras / over
34.4
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 92 imported
Batting 322 runs in 66 inns @ 6.51 (SR 30.74)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 25, 14 ducks
Bowling 124 wkts @ 18.6 (econ 3.25, SR 34.4)
Best / 5WI 6-17 · 2 five-fors
Fielding 16 ct, 1 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 17 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.17
Catches / match
0.18
Dismissals / match

Across 92 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
2024/25 7 1 33 17* 5.39 36.26 0 0
2023/24 3 0 7 4 2.33 22.58 0 0
2022/23 5 3 15 12 4.8 250 0 0
2021/22 5 2 66 25* 18.48 314.29 0 0
2020/21 8 1 15 5 2.11 17.05 0 0
2019/20 16 4 79 22 6.17 35.27 0 0
2018/19 6 3 35 21 8.75 — 0 0
2017/18 9 4 36 14* 5.78 225 0 0
2016/17 7 4 36 16* 8.08 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2024/25 73.7 15 263 13 20.23 3.57 34
2023/24 42.2 6 163 9 18.11 3.87 28.1
2022/23 158.2 44 381 24 15.88 2.41 39.5
2021/22 53 3 214 5 42.8 4.04 63.6
2020/21 65.3 8 234 9 26 3.58 43.6
2019/20 148.7 31 491 37 13.27 3.3 24.1
2018/19 88 21 229 18 12.72 2.6 29.3
2017/18 48 5 213 5 42.6 4.44 57.6
2016/17 33 3 119 4 29.75 3.61 49.5

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2024/25 1 0 0 0 1
2022/23 2 0 0 0 2
2021/22 1 0 0 0 1
2019/20 7 0 1 0 8
2018/19 1 0 0 0 1
2017/18 2 0 0 0 2
2016/17 2 0 0 0 2
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