Ben Macdonald (25)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U17 (2017/18)
NSW
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Registered with:
Casino RSM Cavaliers Cricket Club · Casino Magpies Cricket Club · Shoalhaven District Junior Cricket Association · Casino Junior Cricket Club · Southport Labrador Cricket Club · North Nowra Cambewarra Cricket Club · Northern Rivers Junior Cricket Association · Casino Cricket Club · Casino District Junior Cricket Association Inc
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2000
(inferred from U17 eligibility, 2017/18 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2016/17 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
12/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Advance
60/100
Batting
Not enough data
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 129 imported matches (+2.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 12.4 over 113 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
medium
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.18 dismissals per match across 129 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 60 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · 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 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 1 match since 30 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 21 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 129 matches — 0.18 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 113 innings at 12.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 80 wickets from 374.2 overs across 87 matches bowled in (of 129 played) — 0.92 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (129)
21
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.16
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
23
Total dismissals
0.18
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1181
Runs (113 inns)
12.39
Avg (adj)
62.52
Strike rate
75
High score
21
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
80
Wickets (374.2 ov)
3.9
Economy
18.25
Average
40
Maidens
0.44
Extras / over
28.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 129 imported |
| Batting | 1181 runs in 113 inns @ 12.39 (SR 62.52) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 3×50, HS 75, 18 ducks |
| Bowling | 80 wkts @ 18.25 (econ 3.9, SR 28.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-4 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 21 ct, 2 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 23 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.16
Catches / match
0.18
Dismissals / match
Across 129 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 8 | 2 | 174 | 43 | 27.19 | 106.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 1 | 90 | 41 | 14.69 | 83.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 26 | 8.4 | 47.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 1 | 107 | 66* | 25.68 | 465.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 11 | 3 | 141 | 51* | 16.31 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 11 | 0 | 195 | 75 | 17.73 | 1300 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 7 | 3 | 95 | 29 | 19.39 | 137.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 10 | 1 | 75 | 28 | 8.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 18 | 2 | 87 | 15 | 5.37 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 13 | 1 | 69 | 15* | 5.72 | 90.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 14 | 7 | 81 | 22* | 8.68 | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1.5 | 36 |
| 2023/24 | 46.7 | 7 | 178 | 12 | 14.83 | 3.81 | 23.3 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 0 | — | 11.5 | — |
| 2019/20 | 22.8 | 1 | 106 | 8 | 13.25 | 4.64 | 17.1 |
| 2018/19 | 20.8 | 2 | 66 | 9 | 7.33 | 3.17 | 13.9 |
| 2017/18 | 22 | 2 | 88 | 5 | 17.6 | 4 | 26.4 |
| 2016/17 | 44 | 3 | 214 | 6 | 35.67 | 4.86 | 44 |
| 2015/16 | 71 | 1 | 277 | 12 | 23.08 | 3.9 | 35.5 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | — | 10 | — |
| 2013/14 | 71 | 8 | 296 | 12 | 24.67 | 4.17 | 35.5 |
| 2012/13 | 57.8 | 12 | 137 | 12 | 11.42 | 2.37 | 28.9 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 12 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013/14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Pathway benchmark
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