Stephen Nicholls

Bowling – Opening Bowler VIC Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Ringwood Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
23/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
23/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
45/100

Representative pathway — 13 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 102 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 3 matches (+0.4)
  • ● Body of work — 105 imported matches (+2.1)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 6.1 over 48 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

high Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball

14 of 28 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.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 17% 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 3.39 is excellent but a wicket every 43 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.39.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 23 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 45 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.67 for the level played (1st grade 50 · 2nd grade 44 · 3rd grade 11). 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: 27 catches + 5 run outs (5 direct, 0 assisted) in 105 matches — 0.30 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 48 innings at 6.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
136 wickets in 100 matches bowled in (of 105 played) — 1.36 per match at 24.1, economy 3.39, strike rate 42.6.

Fielding — imported matches (105)

27
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.26
Catches / match
5
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
32
Total dismissals
0.3
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

207
Runs (48 inns)
6.11
Avg (adj)
40.68
Strike rate
36
High score
20
Not outs
11
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

136
Wickets (965 ov)
3.39
Economy
24.09
Average
159
Maidens
0.14
Extras / over
42.6
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 105 imported
Batting 207 runs in 48 inns @ 6.11 (SR 40.68)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 36, 8 ducks
Bowling 136 wkts @ 24.09 (econ 3.39, SR 42.6)
Best / 5WI 7-40 · 3 five-fors
Fielding 27 ct, 5 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 32 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.26
Catches / match
0.3
Dismissals / match

Across 105 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
2013/14 6 3 22 6* 5.5 44.9 0 0
2012/13 5 1 20 9 4.8 100 0 0
2011/12 9 3 32 11* 4.74 61.54 0 0
2010/11 6 2 24 8 5.33 85.71 0 0
2009/10 11 5 79 36 10.45 45.14 0 0
2008/09 7 5 23 9* 5.63 25.84 0 0
2006/07 1 1 0 0* 0 — 0 0
2005/06 3 0 7 7 2.33 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2013/14 151.3 24 462 20 23.1 3.05 45.4
2012/13 100 12 343 17 20.18 3.43 35.3
2011/12 126 14 545 22 24.77 4.33 34.4
2010/11 85.5 19 298 8 37.25 3.49 64.1
2009/10 163.2 24 582 22 26.45 3.57 44.5
2008/09 228.3 52 638 37 17.24 2.79 37
2006/07 40 2 147 4 36.75 3.68 60
2005/06 56.7 10 214 5 42.8 3.78 68
2002/03 14 2 47 1 47 3.36 84

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2013/14 3 0 0 0 3
2012/13 1 0 1 0 2
2011/12 6 0 1 0 7
2010/11 3 0 0 0 3
2009/10 4 0 0 0 4
2008/09 3 0 1 0 4
2006/07 5 0 1 0 6
2005/06 1 0 1 0 2
2002/03 1 0 0 0 1
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