Nicholas Van Groesen (25)
★ Div 1 Rep
Fielding – Wicketkeeper-Batter
U15 (2015/16)
NSW
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Prestons Hornets Cricket Club · Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Association · Fairfield RSL Cricket Club · Fairfield-Liverpool Cricket Club
District represented:
Fairfield-Liverpool (Green Shield — NSW Premier Cricket)
· Fairfield-Liverpool (junior rep association)
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2000
(inferred from U15 eligibility, 2015/16 season)
Green Shield:
2 season(s) played
(first 2014/15) · last GS year 2016/17 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
24/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
49/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
64/100
Representative pathway — 28 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Green Shield below age (2 season(s), +8)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 30 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 23 matches (+3.4)
- ● Body of work — 144 imported matches (+2.9)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 49.2 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 13% 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 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (6 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
info
Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.69 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 10.2.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.35.
- ✓ Safe hands — 100 catches in 144 matches (0.69 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 10 run outs.
- ✓ Sharp glovework — 14 stumpings.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 49 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 64 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.39 for the level played (Rep Div 1 28 · Rep Div 2 9 · Club 91 · 4th grade 3 · 5th grade and below 13). 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
- Keeping: 73 catches + 14 stumpings + 10 run outs (10 direct, 0 assisted) in 144 matches — 0.67 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 133 innings at 15.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 53 wickets in 60 matches bowled in (of 144 played) — 0.88 per match at 10.3, economy 2.35, strike rate 26.2.
Fielding — imported matches (144)
27
Ct (field)
73
Ct (WK)
0.69
Catches / match
10
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
14
Stumpings
124
Total dismissals
0.86
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1701
Runs (133 inns)
15.1
Avg (adj)
49.25
Strike rate
76
High score
24
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
53
Wickets (231 ov)
2.35
Economy
10.25
Average
51
Maidens
0.15
Extras / over
26.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 144 imported |
| Batting | 1701 runs in 133 inns @ 15.1 (SR 49.25) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 6×50, HS 76, 17 ducks |
| Bowling | 53 wkts @ 10.25 (econ 2.35, SR 26.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-7 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 100 ct, 10 RO, 14 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 124 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.69
Catches / match
0.86
Dismissals / match
Across 144 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 50 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 25 | 2 | 311 | 53 | 13.44 | 536.21 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 24 | 2 | 268 | 76 | 12.1 | 2977.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 23 | 4 | 238 | 41 | 12.15 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 16 | 4 | 137 | 27* | 10.7 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 16 | 2 | 232 | 53 | 16.31 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 12 | 3 | 188 | 61* | 19.58 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 16 | 7 | 277 | 73* | 24.89 | — | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
| 2014/15 | 15 | 0 | 72 | 4 | 18 | 4.8 | 22.5 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 24 |
| 2012/13 | 22 | 1 | 99 | 3 | 33 | 4.5 | 44 |
| 2011/12 | 63 | 17 | 142 | 17 | 8.35 | 2.25 | 22.2 |
| 2010/11 | 72 | 20 | 122 | 17 | 7.18 | 1.69 | 25.4 |
| 2009/10 | 52 | 12 | 75 | 11 | 6.82 | 1.44 | 28.4 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 37 |
| 2014/15 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2010/11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2009/10 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
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