Ben Willis
Bowling – Opening Bowler
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Competitions
Registered with:
Wagga RSL Bulldogs Cricket Club · Western District Cricket Club (ACT) · Cricket Wagga Wagga
Overall
Needs Work
14/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
17/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
57/100
Representative pathway — 13 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 76 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 1 match (+0.1)
- ● Body of work — 123 imported matches (+2.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 10.0 over 96 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 18% 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
0.21 dismissals per match across 123 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.3.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.37.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 17 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 57 × 30%. 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 (1st grade 12 · 2nd grade 64 · Club 46 · 4th grade 1). 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: 24 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 123 matches — 0.21 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 96 innings at 10.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 216 wickets in 120 matches bowled in (of 123 played) — 1.80 per match at 17.3, economy 3.37, strike rate 30.8.
Fielding — imported matches (123)
24
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.2
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
26
Total dismissals
0.21
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
746
Runs (96 inns)
9.96
Avg (adj)
71.91
Strike rate
50
High score
27
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
216
Wickets (1108.2 ov)
3.37
Economy
17.3
Average
207
Maidens
0.11
Extras / over
30.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 123 imported |
| Batting | 746 runs in 96 inns @ 9.96 (SR 71.91) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 50, 17 ducks |
| Bowling | 216 wkts @ 17.3 (econ 3.37, SR 30.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-34 · 7 five-fors |
| Fielding | 24 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 26 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.2
Catches / match
0.21
Dismissals / match
Across 123 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 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3* | 0.96 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 3.65 | 41.94 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 23* | 8 | 52.13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14* | 9.78 | 550 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 21 | 9.6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 9 | 0 | 73 | 27 | 8.11 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 71.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 12 | 4 | 48 | 13 | 5.33 | 69.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 10 | 2 | 129 | 39 | 15.48 | 169.74 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 9 | 2 | 66 | 39 | 8.96 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 9 | 2 | 96 | 50 | 13.04 | 83.48 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 7 | 2 | 156 | 49* | 28.65 | 81.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5.5 | 110 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 40 | 5 | 165 | 3 | 55 | 4.13 | 80 |
| 2020/21 | 77.2 | 6 | 350 | 19 | 18.42 | 4.54 | 24.4 |
| 2019/20 | 50 | 8 | 211 | 13 | 16.23 | 4.22 | 23.1 |
| 2018/19 | 24 | 7 | 66 | 4 | 16.5 | 2.75 | 36 |
| 2017/18 | 11 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 19.33 | 5.27 | 22 |
| 2016/17 | 41.8 | 11 | 113 | 5 | 22.6 | 2.7 | 50.2 |
| 2015/16 | 57 | 13 | 175 | 10 | 17.5 | 3.07 | 34.2 |
| 2014/15 | 57.7 | 4 | 259 | 14 | 18.5 | 4.49 | 24.7 |
| 2013/14 | 200.2 | 42 | 629 | 38 | 16.55 | 3.14 | 31.6 |
| 2012/13 | 195.8 | 37 | 651 | 40 | 16.28 | 3.32 | 29.4 |
| 2011/12 | 115.8 | 29 | 304 | 22 | 13.82 | 2.62 | 31.6 |
| 2010/11 | 93 | 14 | 311 | 16 | 19.44 | 3.34 | 34.9 |
| 2009/10 | 115.7 | 24 | 341 | 21 | 16.24 | 2.95 | 33 |
| 2008/09 | 29 | 7 | 103 | 8 | 12.88 | 3.55 | 21.8 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010/11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009/10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Ben compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.