Ben McDonald (22)
★ Div 1 Rep
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U15 (2018/19)
VIC
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Dandenong District Cricket Association - Rep Teams · Noble Park Cricket Club · Berwick Cricket Club · Richmond Cricket Club (VIC) · Metropolitan Outer South
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2003
(inferred from U15 eligibility, 2018/19 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2019/20 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
11/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
18/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
59/100
Representative pathway — 13 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 18 matches (+7.2)
- ● Body of work — 91 imported matches (+1.8)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 8.8 over 65 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 17% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
medium
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.19 dismissals per match across 91 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.8.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.10.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 18 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 59 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.33 for the level played (Rep Div 1 7 · Club 66 · 4th grade 18). 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: 14 catches + 3 run outs (3 direct, 0 assisted) in 91 matches — 0.19 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 65 innings at 8.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 48 wickets in 65 matches bowled in (of 91 played) — 0.74 per match at 17.8, economy 3.10, strike rate 34.4.
Fielding — imported matches (91)
14
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.15
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
17
Total dismissals
0.19
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
484
Runs (65 inns)
8.82
Avg (adj)
47.65
Strike rate
35
High score
12
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
48
Wickets (275.5 ov)
3.1
Economy
17.79
Average
49
Maidens
0.23
Extras / over
34.4
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 91 imported |
| Batting | 484 runs in 65 inns @ 8.82 (SR 47.65) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 35, 11 ducks |
| Bowling | 48 wkts @ 17.79 (econ 3.1, SR 34.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-9 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 14 ct, 3 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
0.15
Catches / match
0.19
Dismissals / match
Across 91 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 9 | 1 | 81 | 22 | 10 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 9 | 1 | 83 | 21 | 10.25 | 60.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 17 | 5 | 114 | 27 | 8.68 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 13 | 4 | 68 | 16 | 6.84 | 91.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 7 | 0 | 83 | 35 | 11.86 | 56.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 10 | 1 | 55 | 30 | 6.05 | 75.34 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 15.3 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 19.67 | 3.85 | 30.7 |
| 2019/20 | 87 | 10 | 343 | 19 | 18.05 | 3.94 | 27.5 |
| 2018/19 | 98.2 | 24 | 263 | 20 | 13.15 | 2.68 | 29.5 |
| 2017/18 | 45 | 12 | 105 | 4 | 26.25 | 2.33 | 67.5 |
| 2016/17 | 30 | 3 | 84 | 2 | 42 | 2.8 | 90 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019/20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016/17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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