Matthew Bench (29)

★ Div 1 Rep Fielding – Wicketkeeper-Batter U13 (2009/10) NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Charlestown Junior Cricket Club · Charlestown District Cricket Club · Lake Mac Attack · Merewether Cricket Club · Newcastle Cricket Zone · Newcastle Junior Cricket Association
District represented: Newcastle (junior rep association)
Age: Born on/after 1 Sep 1996 (inferred from U13 eligibility, 2009/10 season)
Green Shield: 0 season(s) played · last GS year 2012/13 (ages out of U16 after this)
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Overall Needs Work
20/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Elite
96/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data

Representative pathway — 16 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Division 1 representative (+4)
  • ● Premier or state pathway — 15 matches (+6.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 5 matches (+0.8)
  • ● Body of work — 277 imported matches (+5.0)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 13.3 over 239 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 13% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (7 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

info Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon

0.87 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.

Strengths

  • ✓ Safe hands — 242 catches in 277 matches (0.87 per match), a genuine selection asset.
  • ✓ Sharp glovework — 113 stumpings.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 96 × 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
×0.32 for the level played (Rep Div 1 20 · Club 257). 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
Keeping: 210 catches + 113 stumpings + 4 run outs (4 direct, 0 assisted) in 277 matches — 1.18 dismissals per match.
Batting
Not rated: 239 innings at 13.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
Not rated: 11 wickets from 34.0 overs across 14 matches bowled in (of 277 played) — 0.04 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.

Fielding — imported matches (277)

32
Ct (field)
210
Ct (WK)
0.87
Catches / match
4
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
113
Stumpings
359
Total dismissals
1.3
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

2724
Runs (239 inns)
13.31
Avg (adj)
55.22
Strike rate
73
High score
40
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

11
Wickets (34 ov)
2.74
Economy
8.45
Average
3
Maidens
0
Extras / over
18.5
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 277 imported
Batting 2724 runs in 239 inns @ 13.31 (SR 55.22)
Milestones 0×100, 7×50, HS 73, 32 ducks
Bowling 11 wkts @ 8.45 (econ 2.74, SR 18.5)
Best / 5WI 2-2 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 242 ct, 4 RO, 113 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 359 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.87
Catches / match
1.3
Dismissals / match

Across 277 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 16 1 186 31 12.35 65.26 0 0
2017/18 24 1 396 68 17.19 60.92 1 0
2016/17 21 4 269 62 15.25 65.13 1 0
2015/16 19 0 282 56 14.84 60.52 1 0
2014/15 19 3 242 67* 14.75 92.72 1 0
2013/14 19 2 188 54 10.94 70.68 1 0
2012/13 19 3 156 27 9.51 283.64 0 0
2011/12 21 2 244 73 12.73 567.44 1 0
2010/11 22 7 203 40 12.16 — 0 0
2009/10 24 7 204 59* 10.98 — 1 0
2008/09 5 1 20 11 4.8 — 0 0
2007/08 14 2 156 34 12.73 — 0 0
2006/07 6 1 96 30 18.67 — 0 0
2005/06 10 6 82 13* 13.12 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2007/08 6 0 31 3 10.33 5.17 12
2006/07 7 1 15 1 15 2.14 42
2005/06 21 2 47 7 6.71 2.24 18

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2018/19 2 13 0 11 26
2017/18 2 39 2 14 57
2016/17 1 33 1 9 44
2015/16 7 17 0 1 25
2014/15 3 12 0 6 21
2013/14 6 6 0 1 13
2012/13 0 22 0 8 30
2011/12 2 18 0 11 31
2010/11 4 12 0 17 33
2009/10 2 23 0 19 44
2008/09 0 2 0 2 4
2007/08 1 8 0 11 20
2006/07 2 5 1 3 11
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