John Simson
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 58 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 60.2 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.12 catches per match over 58 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 12% of 50+ scores become hundreds (7 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Economy of 3.33 is excellent but a wicket every 41 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 100.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.33.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 6 × 40% · Batting 50 × 30% · Bowling 44 × 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 58). 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: 7 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 58 matches — 0.16 per match.
- Batting
- 1,385 runs in 56 innings, adjusted average 28.3, strike rate 60.2. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 34 wickets in 34 matches bowled in (of 58 played) — 1.00 per match at 23.0, economy 3.33, strike rate 41.4.
Fielding — imported matches (58)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 58 imported |
| Batting | 1385 runs in 56 inns @ 28.27 (SR 60.2) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 7×50, HS 100, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 34 wkts @ 22.97 (econ 3.33, SR 41.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-26 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 7 ct, 2 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 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 58 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 | 130 | 41 | 36.4 | 250 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 5.67 | 32.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 15 | 2 | 416 | 64 | 31.43 | 59.01 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 7 | 1 | 365 | 100 | 59.59 | 93.59 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27* | 27 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 41* | 34.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 10 | 1 | 207 | 62* | 22.77 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 0 | 111 | 50 | 27.75 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 23 | 10.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35 | 1 | 142 | 3 | 47.33 | 4.06 | 70 |
| 2019/20 | 18.8 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 59 | 3.13 | 113 |
| 2018/19 | 37 | 2 | 173 | 6 | 28.83 | 4.68 | 37 |
| 2017/18 | 65 | 16 | 162 | 8 | 20.25 | 2.49 | 48.8 |
| 2016/17 | 5.7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1.24 | 34 |
| 2015/16 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 21 | 4.2 | 30 |
| 2014/15 | 56 | 11 | 174 | 11 | 15.82 | 3.11 | 30.5 |
| 2013/14 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 3.14 | 21 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does John compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.