Kai Simmons (22)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 34 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 5.5 over 27 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
6 of 11 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.
Only 0.09 catches per match over 34 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.
Out for 0 in 11% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 6.9.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 1.86.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 22 balls.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 4 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 74 × 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 34). 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: 2 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 34 matches — 0.09 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 27 innings at 5.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 26 wickets in 30 matches bowled in (of 34 played) — 0.87 per match at 6.9, economy 1.86, strike rate 22.3.
Fielding — imported matches (34)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 34 imported |
| Batting | 93 runs in 27 inns @ 5.49 (SR 32.27) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 24, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 26 wkts @ 6.92 (econ 1.86, SR 22.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-3 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 ct, 1 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 4 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 12* | 5.81 | 54.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 10 | 4.98 | 38.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 24* | 5.67 | 40.95 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 26 | 4 | 64 | 4 | 16 | 2.46 | 39 |
| 2015/16 | 38 | 13 | 66 | 15 | 4.4 | 1.74 | 15.2 |
| 2014/15 | 32.8 | 6 | 50 | 7 | 7.14 | 1.52 | 28.1 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
How does Kai compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.