Ben Strachan
Bowling – Opening Bowler
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Macquarie Cricket Club Dubbo · Dubbo District Cricket Association - Representative Teams
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
27/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Strong
~41/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 36 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball
15 of 29 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.44 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 16 catches in 36 matches (0.44 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 27 × 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 19). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 19 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 15 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 36 matches — 0.42 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 32 innings at 18.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 32 wickets in 29 matches bowled in (of 36 played) — 1.10 per match at 18.2, economy 3.51, strike rate 31.1.
Fielding — imported matches (36)
15
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.44
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
16
Total dismissals
0.44
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
538
Runs (32 inns)
18.39
Avg (adj)
78.43
Strike rate
57
High score
3
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
32
Wickets (166 ov)
3.51
Economy
18.22
Average
31
Maidens
0.09
Extras / over
31.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 36 imported |
| Batting | 538 runs in 32 inns @ 18.39 (SR 78.43) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 57, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 32 wkts @ 18.22 (econ 3.51, SR 31.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-6 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 16 ct, 0 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 16 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.44
Catches / match
0.44
Dismissals / match
Across 36 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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 57 | 20.31 | 138.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 13 | 1 | 253 | 51 | 20.96 | 83.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 21 | 7.8 | 38.61 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 1 | 179 | 40 | 22.1 | 98.9 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | — | 10.33 | — |
| 2025/26 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 | — | 6.83 | — |
| 2024/25 | 77 | 7 | 283 | 13 | 21.77 | 3.68 | 35.5 |
| 2023/24 | 32 | 9 | 109 | 6 | 18.17 | 3.41 | 32 |
| 2022/23 | 48 | 15 | 119 | 13 | 9.15 | 2.48 | 22.2 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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