Ben Shepherd
Batting – Middle-Order Batter
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Mt Clear Cricket Club · Melbourne University Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
20/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 8 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 20 matches (+8.0)
- ● Body of work — 21 imported matches (+0.4)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 56.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 20 × 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
- ×0.35 for the level played (3rd grade 11 · Club 1 · 4th grade 9). 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: 6 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 21 matches — 0.33 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 19 innings at 19.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 4 wickets from 21.8 overs across 5 matches bowled in (of 21 played) — 0.19 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (21)
6
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.29
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
7
Total dismissals
0.33
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
315
Runs (19 inns)
19.2
Avg (adj)
56.41
Strike rate
51
High score
3
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
4
Wickets (21.8 ov)
3.3
Economy
18
Average
6
Maidens
0.14
Extras / over
32.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 21 imported |
| Batting | 315 runs in 19 inns @ 19.2 (SR 56.41) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 51, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 4 wkts @ 18 (econ 3.3, SR 32.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-27 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 ct, 1 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.29
Catches / match
0.33
Dismissals / match
Across 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 8 | 2 | 197 | 51 | 30.78 | 151.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 26 | 16.33 | 233.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 5 | 1 | 60 | 31 | 14.4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/15 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 24 |
| 2011/12 | 17.8 | 5 | 56 | 3 | 18.67 | 3.14 | 35.7 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013/14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pathway benchmark
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