Ben Nichols
Bowling – Opening Bowler
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
St Leonards Cricket Club · Manifold Heights Cricket Club · Murgheboluc (Geelong) Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
39/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
55/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 28 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 11.6 over 27 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 18% 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
0.46 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.3.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.88.
- ✓ Safe hands — 13 catches in 28 matches (0.46 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 39 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 55 × 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 28). 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: 13 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 28 matches — 0.46 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 27 innings at 11.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 53 wickets in 28 matches — 1.89 per match at 17.3, economy 2.88, strike rate 35.9.
Fielding — imported matches (28)
13
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.46
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
13
Total dismissals
0.46
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
257
Runs (27 inns)
11.63
Avg (adj)
109.09
Strike rate
53
High score
6
Not outs
10
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
53
Wickets (317.3 ov)
2.88
Economy
17.26
Average
73
Maidens
0.04
Extras / over
35.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 28 imported |
| Batting | 257 runs in 27 inns @ 11.63 (SR 109.09) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 53, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 53 wkts @ 17.26 (econ 2.88, SR 35.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-28 · 3 five-fors |
| Fielding | 13 ct, 0 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 13 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.46
Catches / match
0.46
Dismissals / match
Across 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 9 | 1 | 43 | 17 | 5.31 | 390.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 23.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 18 | 13.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10* | 7.88 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 44 | 19.38 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 53 | 28 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 78 | 19 | 277 | 13 | 21.31 | 3.55 | 36 |
| 2017/18 | 51 | 13 | 124 | 8 | 15.5 | 2.43 | 38.3 |
| 2016/17 | 29 | 2 | 85 | 5 | 17 | 2.93 | 34.8 |
| 2015/16 | 13 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 21 | 3.23 | 39 |
| 2014/15 | 41 | 11 | 110 | 7 | 15.71 | 2.68 | 35.1 |
| 2013/14 | 63 | 16 | 167 | 8 | 20.88 | 2.65 | 47.3 |
| 2009/10 | 28 | 6 | 81 | 7 | 11.57 | 2.89 | 24 |
| 2008/09 | 14.3 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 9.67 | 2.02 | 28.7 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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