Werner van Niekerk
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Flinders Park Cricket Club · Barossa & Light - Representative · South Gawler Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
10/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
0/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
52/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 3 matches (+1.2)
- ● Body of work — 9 imported matches (+0.2)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball
5 of 8 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.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 0 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 52 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.51 for the level played (State competition 3 · Club 6). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 9 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 0 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 9 matches — 0.00 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 8 innings at 16.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 7 wickets in 6 matches bowled in (of 9 played) — 1.17 per match at 23.3, economy 3.88, strike rate 36.0.
Fielding — imported matches (9)
0
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
0
Total dismissals
0
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
132
Runs (8 inns)
16.5
Avg (adj)
70.97
Strike rate
52
High score
0
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
7
Wickets (42 ov)
3.88
Economy
23.29
Average
5
Maidens
0.1
Extras / over
36
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 9 imported |
| Batting | 132 runs in 8 inns @ 16.5 (SR 70.97) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 52, 0 ducks |
| Bowling | 7 wkts @ 23.29 (econ 3.88, SR 36) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-37 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 0 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.
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 57.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 7 | 0 | 128 | 52 | 18.29 | 71.51 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | — | 9 | — |
| 2025/26 | 40 | 5 | 145 | 7 | 20.71 | 3.63 | 34.3 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Werner compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.