Nick Ball (29)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 30 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 57.8 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.13 catches per match over 30 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.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.27.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 0 × 40% · Batting 56 × 30% · Bowling 55 × 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 30). 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: 1 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 30 matches — 0.07 per match.
- Batting
- 726 runs in 30 innings, adjusted average 28.2, strike rate 57.8. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 18 wickets in 21 matches bowled in (of 30 played) — 0.86 per match at 19.3, economy 3.27, strike rate 35.3.
Fielding — imported matches (30)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 30 imported |
| Batting | 726 runs in 30 inns @ 28.23 (SR 57.84) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 78, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 18 wkts @ 19.28 (econ 3.27, SR 35.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-4 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 4 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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5 | 2 | 162 | 64* | 45.36 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 9 | 2 | 194 | 55* | 26.35 | 190.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 9 | 1 | 339 | 78 | 41.85 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 5.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 31.8 | 2 | 99 | 5 | 19.8 | 3.11 | 38.2 |
| 2021/22 | 36.2 | 5 | 107 | 6 | 17.83 | 2.96 | 36.2 |
| 2020/21 | 27 | 2 | 119 | 5 | 23.8 | 4.41 | 32.4 |
| 2015/16 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1.78 | 27 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
How does Nick compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.