Simon Grobbelaar
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
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Competitions
Registered with:
White Knights Baldivis Cricket Club · Peel Cricket Association Inc. · White Knights Baldivis
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
20/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
68/100
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 100 imported matches (+2.0)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 5.3 over 32 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 22% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.7.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.60.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 20 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 68 × 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 34). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 34 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 24 catches + 4 run outs (1 direct, 3 assisted) in 100 matches — 0.28 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 32 innings at 5.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 147 wickets in 96 matches bowled in (of 100 played) — 1.53 per match at 15.7, economy 3.60, strike rate 26.1.
Fielding — imported matches (100)
24
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.24
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
3
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
28
Total dismissals
0.28
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
117
Runs (32 inns)
5.26
Avg (adj)
37.42
Strike rate
18
High score
14
Not outs
11
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
147
Wickets (640.7 ov)
3.6
Economy
15.67
Average
75
Maidens
0.19
Extras / over
26.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 100 imported |
| Batting | 117 runs in 32 inns @ 5.26 (SR 37.42) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 18, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 147 wkts @ 15.67 (econ 3.6, SR 26.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-18 · 3 five-fors |
| Fielding | 24 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 28 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.24
Catches / match
0.28
Dismissals / match
Across 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7* | 2.33 | 87.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6.75 | 85.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1.75 | 38.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1.88 | 26.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 6.33 | 26.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 9* | 6.39 | 104.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 13.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8* | 4.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1.71 | 21 |
| 2025/26 | 111.3 | 6 | 466 | 29 | 16.07 | 4.19 | 23 |
| 2024/25 | 115.3 | 9 | 412 | 29 | 14.21 | 3.57 | 23.9 |
| 2023/24 | 105 | 15 | 380 | 24 | 15.83 | 3.62 | 26.3 |
| 2022/23 | 104.7 | 20 | 333 | 26 | 12.81 | 3.18 | 24.2 |
| 2021/22 | 45 | 6 | 149 | 8 | 18.63 | 3.31 | 33.8 |
| 2020/21 | 72.3 | 9 | 210 | 16 | 13.13 | 2.9 | 27.1 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 0 | — | 8.17 | — |
| 2016/17 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 37 | 5.29 | 42 |
| 2015/16 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | — | 6.33 | — |
| 2014/15 | 16 | 3 | 47 | 6 | 7.83 | 2.94 | 16 |
| 2013/14 | 17 | 3 | 75 | 3 | 25 | 4.41 | 34 |
| 2012/13 | 28 | 1 | 96 | 3 | 32 | 3.43 | 56 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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