Nihal Desai

Batting – Middle-Order Batter NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Sydney Morning Cricket Association - Teams · Parramatta Cheetahs Cricket Club · University of Newcastle Cricket Club · Old Aloysians Cricket Club · UTS North Sydney Cricket Club · University of NSW Cricket Club (NSW) · University of Technology Sydney
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Overall Needs Work
27/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
27/100
Batting Proficient
52/100
Bowling Strong
~21/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match

Representative pathway — 14 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 28 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 13 matches (+1.9)
  • ● Body of work — 108 imported matches (+2.2)

Critical recommendations

medium Batting
Too many aerial dismissals

64 of 83 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 12% 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 9% of 50+ scores become hundreds (10 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

Strengths

  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 111.
  • ✓ Safe hands — 39 catches in 108 matches (0.36 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 27 × 40% · Batting 52 × 30% · Bowling 21 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.75 for the level played (1st grade 36 · 2nd grade 5 · Club 6). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 47 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 38 catches + 3 run outs (2 direct, 1 assisted) in 108 matches — 0.38 per match.
Batting
2,068 runs in 98 innings, adjusted average 24.3, strike rate 72.8. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
115 wickets in 99 matches bowled in (of 108 played) — 1.16 per match at 23.9, economy 4.30, strike rate 33.4.

Fielding — imported matches (108)

38
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.36
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
42
Total dismissals
0.39
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

2068
Runs (98 inns)
24.33
Avg (adj)
72.82
Strike rate
111
High score
15
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

115
Wickets (640.3 ov)
4.3
Economy
23.94
Average
62
Maidens
0.07
Extras / over
33.4
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 108 imported
Batting 2068 runs in 98 inns @ 24.33 (SR 72.82)
Milestones 1×100, 10×50, HS 111, 12 ducks
Bowling 115 wkts @ 23.94 (econ 4.3, SR 33.4)
Best / 5WI 7-35 · 2 five-fors
Fielding 39 ct, 3 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 42 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.36
Catches / match
0.39
Dismissals / match

Across 108 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 5 0 87 40 17.4 80.56 0 0
2025/26 23 4 478 63 24.4 83.42 2 0
2024/25 27 2 620 56 24.66 62.82 3 0
2023/24 28 7 653 111 29.15 131.39 5 1
2022/23 15 2 230 45 17.38 225.49 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 39 1 214 9 23.78 5.49 26
2025/26 89 11 403 8 50.38 4.53 66.8
2024/25 123.8 8 714 20 35.7 5.77 37.2
2023/24 267.2 26 1,053 50 21.06 3.94 32.1
2022/23 121.3 16 369 28 13.18 3.04 26

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2026/27 3 0 1 0 4
2025/26 5 0 0 0 5
2024/25 5 0 0 0 5
2023/24 14 1 1 0 16
2022/23 11 0 1 0 12
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