🏅 Jacques Van Niekerk (19)
★ Div 1 Rep
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U19 (2025/26)
WA
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Competitions
Registered with:
WA · Joondalup Districts Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2006
(inferred from U19 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2022/23 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Proficient
45/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
14/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
66/100
Representative pathway — 28 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● State representation (+12)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● National championships — 6 matches (+9.0)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 6 matches (+2.4)
- ● Body of work — 12 imported matches (+0.2)
Critical recommendations
medium
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.17 dismissals per match across 12 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
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General
Small sample size
Only 2 batting innings imported — import more of this player's matches before treating these findings as conclusive.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 14.7.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 18 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 14 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 66 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.88 for the level played (National competition 6 · 1st grade 4 · 2nd grade 2). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 12 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 2 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 12 matches — 0.17 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 2 innings at 6.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 19 wickets in 10 matches bowled in (of 12 played) — 1.90 per match at 14.7, economy 4.98, strike rate 17.7.
Fielding — imported matches (12)
2
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.17
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
2
Total dismissals
0.17
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
8
Runs (2 inns)
6
Avg (adj)
61.54
Strike rate
5
High score
1
Not outs
11
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
19
Wickets (56 ov)
4.98
Economy
14.68
Average
2
Maidens
0.5
Extras / over
17.7
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 12 imported |
| Batting | 8 runs in 2 inns @ 6 (SR 61.54) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 5, 0 ducks |
| Bowling | 19 wkts @ 14.68 (econ 4.98, SR 17.7) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-28 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 2 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 2 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.17
Catches / match
0.17
Dismissals / match
Across 12 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 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 61.54 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 25 | 0 | 146 | 4 | 36.5 | 5.84 | 37.5 |
| 2025/26 | 31 | 2 | 133 | 15 | 8.87 | 4.29 | 12.4 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Jacques compare?
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