Nicholas Ellsmore

Bowling – Opening Bowler VIC Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Melbourne University Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
27/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
24/100
Batting Proficient
47/100
Bowling Proficient
42/100

Representative pathway — 12 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 86 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Body of work — 86 imported matches (+1.7)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 64.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 10% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Bowling
Tight but not threatening

Economy of 3.51 is excellent but a wicket every 45 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.

medium Fielding
Low overall fielding impact

0.24 dismissals per match across 86 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.51.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 24 × 40% · Batting 47 × 30% · Bowling 42 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.78 for the level played (1st grade 70 · 2nd grade 15 · 3rd grade 1). 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 + 4 run outs (4 direct, 0 assisted) in 86 matches — 0.24 per match.
Batting
1,304 runs in 77 innings, adjusted average 18.5, strike rate 64.4. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
111 wickets in 78 matches bowled in (of 86 played) — 1.42 per match at 26.4, economy 3.51, strike rate 45.0.

Fielding — imported matches (86)

17
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.2
Catches / match
4
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
21
Total dismissals
0.24
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

1304
Runs (77 inns)
18.47
Avg (adj)
64.36
Strike rate
78
High score
7
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

111
Wickets (833.3 ov)
3.51
Economy
26.37
Average
142
Maidens
0.14
Extras / over
45
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 86 imported
Batting 1304 runs in 77 inns @ 18.47 (SR 64.36)
Milestones 0×100, 3×50, HS 78, 8 ducks
Bowling 111 wkts @ 26.37 (econ 3.51, SR 45)
Best / 5WI 5-19 · 1 five-fors
Fielding 17 ct, 4 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 21 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.2
Catches / match
0.24
Dismissals / match

Across 86 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
2014/15 8 1 137 44* 19.27 57.32 0 0
2013/14 14 5 250 78* 24.23 72.46 1 0
2011/12 10 0 89 29 8.9 67.42 0 0
2010/11 9 0 117 48 13 58.21 0 0
2009/10 9 1 152 44 18.77 68.78 0 0
2007/08 14 0 266 72 19 212.8 1 0
2006/07 10 0 264 52 26.4 1200 1 0
2005/06 3 0 29 19 9.67 93.55 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2014/15 97 24 276 12 23 2.85 48.5
2013/14 151 25 481 23 20.91 3.19 39.4
2011/12 101 15 378 8 47.25 3.74 75.8
2010/11 86 10 355 13 27.31 4.13 39.7
2009/10 45 9 153 2 76.5 3.4 135
2007/08 148 20 576 23 25.04 3.89 38.6
2006/07 124 25 412 14 29.43 3.32 53.1
2005/06 81.3 14 296 16 18.5 3.64 30.5

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2014/15 1 0 1 0 2
2013/14 4 0 1 0 5
2011/12 1 0 0 0 1
2010/11 4 0 0 0 4
2009/10 0 0 1 0 1
2007/08 3 0 1 0 4
2006/07 2 0 0 0 2
2005/06 2 0 0 0 2
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