Stephen Ball

Bowling – Opening Bowler WA Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Willetton Premier Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
26/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
31/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
46/100

Representative pathway — 14 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 84 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 14 matches (+2.1)
  • ● Body of work — 98 imported matches (+2.0)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 9.1 over 68 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 21% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Bowling
Tight but not threatening

Economy of 2.95 is excellent but a wicket every 42 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.95.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 31 × 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
×0.76 for the level played (1st grade 71 · 2nd grade 25 · 3rd grade 2). 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: 30 catches + 4 run outs (4 direct, 0 assisted) in 98 matches — 0.35 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 68 innings at 9.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
174 wickets in 95 matches bowled in (of 98 played) — 1.83 per match at 20.5, economy 2.95, strike rate 41.7.

Fielding — imported matches (98)

30
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.31
Catches / match
4
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
34
Total dismissals
0.35
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

447
Runs (68 inns)
9.09
Avg (adj)
48.85
Strike rate
36
High score
26
Not outs
10
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

174
Wickets (1208 ov)
2.95
Economy
20.47
Average
286
Maidens
0.07
Extras / over
41.7
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 98 imported
Batting 447 runs in 68 inns @ 9.09 (SR 48.85)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 36, 14 ducks
Bowling 174 wkts @ 20.47 (econ 2.95, SR 41.7)
Best / 5WI 8-50 · 4 five-fors
Fielding 30 ct, 4 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 34 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.31
Catches / match
0.35
Dismissals / match

Across 98 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 8 5 36 19* 7.31 49.32 0 0
2013/14 9 2 27 9 3.67 52.94 0 0
2012/13 13 5 23 7 2.45 17.42 0 0
2011/12 6 2 18 9* 4 58.06 0 0
2010/11 6 4 64 21* 17.78 61.54 0 0
2009/10 11 3 111 34 12.84 86.72 0 0
2008/09 15 5 168 36 14.93 96 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2014/15 192 46 543 25 21.72 2.83 46.1
2013/14 176.3 50 462 24 19.25 2.62 44.1
2012/13 254.5 63 726 43 16.88 2.85 35.5
2011/12 112 30 336 19 17.68 3 35.4
2010/11 75.7 17 189 9 21 2.5 50.4
2009/10 160.3 39 520 22 23.64 3.24 43.7
2008/09 237.2 41 786 32 24.56 3.31 44.5

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2014/15 6 0 0 0 6
2013/14 5 0 1 0 6
2012/13 3 0 0 0 3
2011/12 1 0 0 0 1
2010/11 3 0 1 0 4
2009/10 4 0 2 0 6
2008/09 8 0 0 0 8
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