Joshua Neilson (23)
Batting – Lower-Order Batter
U18 (2020/21)
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Plenty Valley Cricket Club · Banyule Cricket Club · Heidelberg Cricket Club · Diamond Valley Cricket Association
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2002
(inferred from U18 eligibility, 2020/21 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2018/19 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
12/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Advance
60/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 35 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 9.7 over 16 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
Too many aerial dismissals
7 of 9 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.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 13 catches in 35 matches (0.37 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 60 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). 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 5). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 5 matches since 2 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 13 catches + 2 run outs (1 direct, 1 assisted) in 35 matches — 0.43 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 16 innings at 9.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 48 wickets from 187.7 overs across 32 matches bowled in (of 35 played) — 1.50 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (35)
13
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.37
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
15
Total dismissals
0.43
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
108
Runs (16 inns)
9.7
Avg (adj)
92.31
Strike rate
38
High score
7
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
48
Wickets (187.7 ov)
3.43
Economy
13.4
Average
33
Maidens
0.13
Extras / over
23.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 35 imported |
| Batting | 108 runs in 16 inns @ 9.7 (SR 92.31) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 38, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 48 wkts @ 13.4 (econ 3.43, SR 23.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-14 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 13 ct, 2 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 15 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.37
Catches / match
0.43
Dismissals / match
Across 35 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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15* | 15 | 250 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 38 | 38 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 3.2 | 160 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6.75 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.25 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 19* | 10.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 13 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 37 | 2.85 | 78 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 51 | 6.38 | 48 |
| 2023/24 | 15 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 18 | 3.6 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 2.29 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 42.7 | 9 | 147 | 18 | 8.17 | 3.45 | 14.2 |
| 2019/20 | 53 | 7 | 161 | 11 | 14.64 | 3.04 | 28.9 |
| 2018/19 | 11 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 51 | 4.64 | 66 |
| 2017/18 | 31 | 8 | 95 | 6 | 15.83 | 3.06 | 31 |
| 2016/17 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 6.2 | 4.43 | 8.4 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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