Ben O'Connell (31)
★ Div 1 Rep
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U15 (2009/10)
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
UTS North Sydney Cricket Club · West Ryde Rovers Cricket Club · Northern District Junior Cricket Association
District represented:
UTS North Sydney (Green Shield — NSW Premier Cricket)
· Northern Districts (junior rep association)
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1994
(inferred from U15 eligibility, 2009/10 season)
Green Shield:
2 season(s) played
(first 2009/10) · last GS year 2010/11 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
16/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
28/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
46/100
Representative pathway — 18 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Green Shield below age (2 season(s), +8)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 2 matches (+0.8)
- ● Regional representative — 71 matches (+4.0)
- ● Body of work — 81 imported matches (+1.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 38.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
medium
Bowling
Tight but not threatening
Economy of 3.52 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 3.52.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 28 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 46 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.39 for the level played (Rep Div 1 17 · 2nd grade 10 · 3rd grade 8 · Club 8 · 4th grade 9 · 5th grade and below 29). 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: 19 catches + 3 run outs (3 direct, 0 assisted) in 81 matches — 0.27 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 74 innings at 17.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 69 wickets in 62 matches bowled in (of 81 played) — 1.11 per match at 25.2, economy 3.52, strike rate 42.9.
Fielding — imported matches (81)
19
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.25
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
23
Total dismissals
0.28
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1132
Runs (74 inns)
17.78
Avg (adj)
37.96
Strike rate
86
High score
12
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
69
Wickets (493.3 ov)
3.52
Economy
25.19
Average
66
Maidens
0.22
Extras / over
42.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 81 imported |
| Batting | 1132 runs in 74 inns @ 17.78 (SR 37.96) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 86, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 69 wkts @ 25.19 (econ 3.52, SR 42.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-37 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 20 ct, 3 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
0.25
Catches / match
0.28
Dismissals / match
Across 81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/15 | 13 | 1 | 121 | 51* | 10.02 | 106.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 14 | 4 | 185 | 41* | 16.99 | 246.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 14 | 3 | 296 | 86 | 25.67 | 217.65 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 7 | 0 | 209 | 70 | 29.86 | 129.81 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 16 | 4 | 169 | 35* | 13.2 | 272.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 10 | 0 | 152 | 66 | 15.2 | — | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/15 | 15 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 20.67 | 4.13 | 30 |
| 2013/14 | 152.7 | 11 | 683 | 27 | 25.3 | 4.47 | 33.9 |
| 2012/13 | 76 | 7 | 276 | 5 | 55.2 | 3.63 | 91.2 |
| 2011/12 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 0 | — | 5.38 | — |
| 2010/11 | 186.7 | 43 | 460 | 26 | 17.69 | 2.46 | 43.1 |
| 2009/10 | 55 | 5 | 214 | 8 | 26.75 | 3.89 | 41.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013/14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2012/13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010/11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2009/10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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