Simon Belston

Bowling – Second-Change Bowler QLD Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Gold Coast - Representative · Redlands Tigers Cricket · Burleigh Cricket Club · Southport Labrador Cricket Club · Palm Beach Currumbin Cricket Club Inc. · Queensland Country Cricket · Gold Coast Seniors
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Overall Needs Work
12/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Proficient
51/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
54/100

Representative pathway — 4 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Regional representative — 12 matches (+1.8)
  • ● Body of work — 98 imported matches (+2.0)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 56.1 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 (7 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

info Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon

0.43 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.

Strengths

  • ✓ Safe hands — 42 catches in 98 matches (0.43 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 51 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 54 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.33 for the level played (Rep Div 1 12 · Club 86). 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: 42 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 98 matches — 0.44 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 93 innings at 21.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
72 wickets in 57 matches bowled in (of 98 played) — 1.26 per match at 20.0, economy 3.94, strike rate 30.4.

Fielding — imported matches (98)

42
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.43
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
43
Total dismissals
0.44
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

1861
Runs (93 inns)
21.73
Avg (adj)
56.08
Strike rate
91
High score
8
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

72
Wickets (365.2 ov)
3.94
Economy
19.99
Average
50
Maidens
0.1
Extras / over
30.4
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 98 imported
Batting 1861 runs in 93 inns @ 21.73 (SR 56.08)
Milestones 0×100, 7×50, HS 91, 12 ducks
Bowling 72 wkts @ 19.99 (econ 3.94, SR 30.4)
Best / 5WI 5-13 · 2 five-fors
Fielding 42 ct, 1 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 43 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.43
Catches / match
0.44
Dismissals / match

Across 98 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
2020/21 12 0 160 35 13.33 44.32 0 0
2019/20 13 0 360 66 27.69 55.13 2 0
2018/19 22 6 282 70 16.31 251.79 1 0
2017/18 24 1 550 91 23.87 81.72 2 0
2016/17 20 1 469 60 24.62 65.41 2 0
2008/09 2 0 40 26 20 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2019/20 10 1 43 3 14.33 4.3 20
2018/19 78.8 4 399 15 26.6 5.06 31.5
2017/18 103.5 7 451 18 25.06 4.36 34.5
2016/17 171.5 38 542 35 15.49 3.16 29.4
2008/09 1.3 0 4 1 4 3 8

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2020/21 8 0 0 0 8
2019/20 9 0 1 0 10
2018/19 15 0 0 0 15
2017/18 4 0 0 0 4
2016/17 5 0 0 0 5
2008/09 1 0 0 0 1
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