Daniel Close
Batting – Middle-Order Batter
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Eastern Cricket Association - Representative · Xavier College (Kew) · Surrey Hills Cricket Club · Xavier College
Overall
Needs Work
6/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
21/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
54/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 38 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 7.9 over 29 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 21 × 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 38). 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: 6 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 38 matches — 0.18 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 29 innings at 7.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 16 wickets in 25 matches bowled in (of 38 played) — 0.64 per match at 25.6, economy 4.38, strike rate 35.0.
Fielding — imported matches (38)
6
Ct (field)
3
Ct (WK)
0.24
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
2
Stumpings
12
Total dismissals
0.32
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
185
Runs (29 inns)
7.92
Avg (adj)
35.86
Strike rate
30
High score
7
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
16
Wickets (93.3 ov)
4.38
Economy
25.56
Average
8
Maidens
0.23
Extras / over
35
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 38 imported |
| Batting | 185 runs in 29 inns @ 7.92 (SR 35.86) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 30, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 16 wkts @ 25.56 (econ 4.38, SR 35) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-8 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 9 ct, 1 RO, 2 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 12 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.24
Catches / match
0.32
Dismissals / match
Across 38 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 | 13 | 3 | 109 | 30 | 10.32 | 57.98 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 19* | 5.7 | 59.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 9* | 6.24 | 75.56 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48.3 | 5 | 203 | 12 | 16.92 | 4.2 | 24.2 |
| 2021/22 | 25 | 1 | 109 | 3 | 36.33 | 4.36 | 50 |
| 2020/21 | 20 | 2 | 97 | 1 | 97 | 4.85 | 120 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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