Nic Baird
Fielding – Wicketkeeper-Batter
VIC
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Wimmera Mallee CA Rep · Mt Clear Cricket Club · Grampians Cricket Association · Navarre Cricket Club · Marnoo Cricket Club · Youth Club Cricket Club · Ballarat Cricket Association · Grampians Cricket Association - Representative Teams
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
122 off 118
04. Ballarat Groundworks Championship Division 2 · 2025/26 · 23×4, 1×6
· SR 103
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 70 balls (SR 71), then 50 to 100 in just 38 (SR 132) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
98 of 122 runs (80%) in boundaries · 64% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 40 balls · SR 50
watchful
20→40
· 17 balls · SR 118
steady
40→50
· 13 balls · SR 77
watchful
50→60
· 8 balls · SR 125
brisk
60→80
· 14 balls · SR 143
brisk
80→100
· 16 balls · SR 125
brisk
Overall
Needs Work
15/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Advance
61/100
Batting
Elite
92/100
Bowling
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 35 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 14% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.57 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 35.2.
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 3 hundred(s), best of 122.
- ✓ Safe hands — 20 catches in 35 matches (0.57 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 61 × 40% · Batting 92 × 30% · 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 17). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 17 matches since 30 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Keeping: 14 catches + 4 stumpings + 3 run outs (1 direct, 2 assisted) in 35 matches — 0.60 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- 1,027 runs in 35 innings, adjusted average 35.2, strike rate 89.9. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 6 wickets from 32.0 overs across 5 matches bowled in (of 35 played) — 0.17 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (35)
6
Ct (field)
14
Ct (WK)
0.57
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
4
Stumpings
27
Total dismissals
0.77
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1027
Runs (35 inns)
35.21
Avg (adj)
89.87
Strike rate
122
High score
7
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
6
Wickets (32 ov)
3.09
Economy
16.5
Average
4
Maidens
0.19
Extras / over
32
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 35 imported |
| Batting | 1027 runs in 35 inns @ 35.21 (SR 89.87) |
| Milestones | 3×100, 5×50, HS 122, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 6 wkts @ 16.5 (econ 3.09, SR 32) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-21 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 20 ct, 3 RO, 4 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 27 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.57
Catches / match
0.77
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 | 1 | 33 | 33* | 33 | 157.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 11 | 1 | 622 | 122 | 61.69 | 97.65 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 1 | 109 | 41 | 34.06 | 75.17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 74 | 30.33 | 70 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 2 | 62 | 62 | 23.25 | 79.49 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4.5 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 7 | 1 | 79 | 36 | 12.9 | 1128.57 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 23 | 4 | 65 | 4 | 16.25 | 2.83 | 34.5 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 14.5 | 3.63 | 24 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pathway benchmark
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