Matt Benger (35)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U18 (2008/09)
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Hope Valley Cricket Club · SA
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1990
(inferred from U18 eligibility, 2008/09 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2006/07 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
6/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
26/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Strong
~33/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 40 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 29% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 33 × 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 40). 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: 11 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 40 matches — 0.28 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 38 innings at 15.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 33 wickets in 34 matches bowled in (of 40 played) — 0.97 per match at 29.4, economy 4.53, strike rate 39.0.
Fielding — imported matches (40)
11
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.28
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
11
Total dismissals
0.28
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
458
Runs (38 inns)
15.22
Avg (adj)
72.87
Strike rate
68
High score
10
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
33
Wickets (214.3 ov)
4.53
Economy
29.39
Average
25
Maidens
0.1
Extras / over
39
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 40 imported |
| Batting | 458 runs in 38 inns @ 15.22 (SR 72.87) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 68, 11 ducks |
| Bowling | 33 wkts @ 29.39 (econ 4.53, SR 39) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-12 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 11 ct, 0 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 11 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.28
Catches / match
0.28
Dismissals / match
Across 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 9 | 2 | 80 | 30* | 10.86 | 615.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 11 | 2 | 132 | 33* | 14.18 | 72.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 6 | 2 | 174 | 68* | 38.67 | 114.47 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 10 | 4 | 52 | 31* | 7.28 | 59.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 45 | 2 | 236 | 4 | 59 | 5.24 | 67.5 |
| 2016/17 | 69.3 | 9 | 342 | 9 | 38 | 4.93 | 46.2 |
| 2015/16 | 39 | 7 | 136 | 4 | 34 | 3.49 | 58.5 |
| 2014/15 | 17 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 13.67 | 2.41 | 34 |
| 2009/10 | 44 | 6 | 215 | 13 | 16.54 | 4.89 | 20.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015/16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Matt compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.