Ben Willoughby (19)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U17 (2023/24)
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Central Coast Cricket Zone - Representative Teams · Southern Spirit Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2006
(inferred from U17 eligibility, 2023/24 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2022/23 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
21/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
68/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 60 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 12.2 over 52 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 25% 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 13.8.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 21 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 21 × 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 18). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 18 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 15 catches + 2 run outs (1 direct, 1 assisted) in 60 matches — 0.28 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 52 innings at 12.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 51 wickets in 36 matches bowled in (of 60 played) — 1.42 per match at 13.8, economy 3.95, strike rate 20.9.
Fielding — imported matches (60)
15
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.25
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
17
Total dismissals
0.28
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
558
Runs (52 inns)
12.18
Avg (adj)
81.01
Strike rate
59
High score
7
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
51
Wickets (177.3 ov)
3.95
Economy
13.75
Average
20
Maidens
0.22
Extras / over
20.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 60 imported |
| Batting | 558 runs in 52 inns @ 12.18 (SR 81.01) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 59, 13 ducks |
| Bowling | 51 wkts @ 13.75 (econ 3.95, SR 20.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-6 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 15 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 17 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.25
Catches / match
0.28
Dismissals / match
Across 60 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 | 12 | 3 | 88 | 25 | 9.17 | 88 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 147.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 16 | 2 | 167 | 37 | 11.74 | 98.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 22 | 2 | 275 | 59* | 13.64 | 78.8 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 78.5 | 7 | 369 | 28 | 13.18 | 4.7 | 16.8 |
| 2024/25 | 10.8 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 37 | 3.42 | 65 |
| 2023/24 | 66 | 10 | 217 | 16 | 13.56 | 3.29 | 24.8 |
| 2022/23 | 22 | 2 | 78 | 6 | 13 | 3.55 | 22 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Pathway benchmark
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