Mason Ballard (21)
★ Div 1 Rep
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U15 (2019/20)
NSW
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Sydney University Cricket Club · Forest District Cricket Club · Roseville Cricket Club · Sydney Junior Winter Cricket Association · Northern District Cricket Club · West Ryde Rovers Cricket Club · Wakehurst Redbacks Cricket Club · Manly Warringah Junior Cricket Association · Kooka Cup Teams · Northern District Junior Cricket Association
District represented:
Sydney University (Green Shield — NSW Premier Cricket)
· Northern (junior rep association)
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2004
(inferred from U15 eligibility, 2019/20 season)
Green Shield:
1 season(s) played
(first 2020/21) · last GS year 2020/21 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
10/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
8/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
41/100
Representative pathway — 16 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Green Shield below age (1 season(s), +4)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 9 matches (+3.6)
- ● Regional representative — 15 matches (+2.2)
- ● Body of work — 116 imported matches (+2.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 7.6 over 50 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
high
Fielding
Catching return too low for selection
Only 0.08 catches per match over 116 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.35.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 8 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 41 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.32 for the level played (Rep Div 1 15 · Club 92 · 5th grade and below 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: 9 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 116 matches — 0.09 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 50 innings at 7.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 77 wickets in 99 matches bowled in (of 116 played) — 0.78 per match at 21.2, economy 3.35, strike rate 38.0.
Fielding — imported matches (116)
9
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.08
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
11
Total dismissals
0.09
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
264
Runs (50 inns)
7.6
Avg (adj)
35.25
Strike rate
28
High score
22
Not outs
10
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
77
Wickets (487.2 ov)
3.35
Economy
21.21
Average
54
Maidens
0.48
Extras / over
38
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 116 imported |
| Batting | 264 runs in 50 inns @ 7.6 (SR 35.25) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 28, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 77 wkts @ 21.21 (econ 3.35, SR 38) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-2 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 9 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 11 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.08
Catches / match
0.09
Dismissals / match
Across 116 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4.2 | 375 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.25 | 150 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0.88 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 10 | 2 | 67 | 21 | 8.04 | 148.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 16 | 6 | 113 | 28 | 9.71 | 54.59 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 15* | 10.56 | 31.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6* | 4.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64 | 4 | 249 | 6 | 41.5 | 3.89 | 64 |
| 2021/22 | 50.5 | 4 | 185 | 5 | 37 | 3.66 | 60.6 |
| 2020/21 | 45 | 0 | 217 | 9 | 24.11 | 4.82 | 30 |
| 2019/20 | 83.5 | 5 | 365 | 13 | 28.08 | 4.37 | 38.5 |
| 2018/19 | 92.8 | 17 | 242 | 14 | 17.29 | 2.61 | 39.8 |
| 2017/18 | 79.3 | 13 | 202 | 16 | 12.63 | 2.55 | 29.8 |
| 2016/17 | 72 | 11 | 173 | 14 | 12.36 | 2.4 | 30.9 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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