Timothy Close
Representative pathway — 20 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● First-class, BBL or international — 5 matches (+10.0)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 21 matches (+8.4)
- ● Body of work — 59 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 6.7 over 40 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
14 of 26 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.
Out for 0 in 20% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.37 is excellent but a wicket every 46 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.37.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 38 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 39 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.54 for the level played (National competition 5 · 2nd grade 21 · Club 33). 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: 17 catches + 6 run outs (6 direct, 0 assisted) in 59 matches — 0.39 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 40 innings at 6.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 88 wickets in 57 matches bowled in (of 59 played) — 1.54 per match at 25.8, economy 3.37, strike rate 45.9.
Fielding — imported matches (59)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 59 imported |
| Batting | 199 runs in 40 inns @ 6.72 (SR 24.79) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 29, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 88 wkts @ 25.77 (econ 3.37, SR 45.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-67 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 17 ct, 6 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 23 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 59 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 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 18* | 7.03 | 30.41 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2.94 | 19.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 10 | 6 | 83 | 29* | 13.28 | 31.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 10.88 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 4.56 | 24.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 94.2 | 15 | 297 | 11 | 27 | 3.15 | 51.4 |
| 2021/22 | 146.2 | 26 | 520 | 18 | 28.89 | 3.56 | 48.7 |
| 2020/21 | 222 | 46 | 797 | 34 | 23.44 | 3.59 | 39.2 |
| 2018/19 | 76 | 7 | 278 | 11 | 25.27 | 3.66 | 41.5 |
| 2017/18 | 107.3 | 34 | 292 | 13 | 22.46 | 2.72 | 49.5 |
| 2016/17 | 28 | 6 | 84 | 1 | 84 | 3 | 168 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Timothy compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.