Ben McDonald (28)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 50 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 7.7 over 42 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Only 0.10 catches per match over 50 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.
Out for 0 in 31% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.06 is excellent but a wicket every 52 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 6 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 50). 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: 2 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 50 matches — 0.04 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 42 innings at 7.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 11 wickets from 96.0 overs across 41 matches bowled in (of 50 played) — 0.27 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (50)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 50 imported |
| Batting | 256 runs in 42 inns @ 7.69 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 27, 13 ducks |
| Bowling | 11 wkts @ 26.73 (econ 3.06, SR 52.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-5 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 ct, 0 RO, 0 st |
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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 14 | 3 | 150 | 27 | 13.01 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 13 | 4 | 95 | 22* | 9.56 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 5* | 0.93 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 38 | 0 | 120 | 2 | 60 | 3.16 | 114 |
| 2007/08 | 30 | 5 | 65 | 6 | 10.83 | 2.17 | 30 |
| 2006/07 | 28 | 0 | 109 | 3 | 36.33 | 3.89 | 56 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007/08 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
How does Ben compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.