Will Banfield
Batting – Middle-Order Batter
VIC
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Competitions
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Ringwood Cricket Club · Vermont South Cricket Club
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
142* off 178
Kookaburra Men's Premier Thirds · 2025/26 · 20×4, 0×6
· SR 80
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 75 balls (SR 67), then 50 to 100 in just 49 (SR 102) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
80 of 142 runs (56%) in boundaries · 60% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 38 balls · SR 53
watchful
20→40
· 26 balls · SR 77
watchful
40→50
· 11 balls · SR 91
steady
50→60
· 6 balls · SR 167
brisk
60→80
· 27 balls · SR 74
watchful
80→100
· 16 balls · SR 125
brisk
Overall
Needs Work
18/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
23/100
Batting
Advance
83/100
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 11 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 30 matches (+10.0)
- ● Body of work — 55 imported matches (+1.1)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 61.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Strengths
- ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 36.6.
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 142.
- ✓ Safe hands — 19 catches in 55 matches (0.35 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 23 × 40% · Batting 83 × 30% · 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
- ×0.43 for the level played (2nd grade 3 · 3rd grade 27 · Club 2). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 32 matches since 31 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 19 catches + 2 run outs (1 direct, 1 assisted) in 55 matches — 0.38 per match.
- Batting
- 1,513 runs in 53 innings, adjusted average 36.6, strike rate 61.0. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 5 wickets from 10.0 overs across 5 matches bowled in (of 55 played) — 0.09 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (55)
19
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.35
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
21
Total dismissals
0.38
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1513
Runs (53 inns)
36.63
Avg (adj)
61.02
Strike rate
142
High score
15
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
5
Wickets (10 ov)
7.7
Economy
15.4
Average
0
Maidens
0.1
Extras / over
12
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 55 imported |
| Batting | 1513 runs in 53 inns @ 36.63 (SR 61.02) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 5×50, HS 142, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 5 wkts @ 15.4 (econ 7.7, SR 12) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-20 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 19 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 21 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.35
Catches / match
0.38
Dismissals / match
Across 55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 0 | 155 | 98 | 51.67 | 56.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 16 | 3 | 512 | 142* | 38 | 62.44 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 15 | 7 | 404 | 79 | 39.5 | 61.77 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 19 | 5 | 442 | 66* | 29.39 | 79.21 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 3.5 | — |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 10 | 30 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 6.67 | 4.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
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