🏅 Benjamin Wickham (19)
Batting – Top-Order Batter
U18 (2024/25)
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Melbourne Cricket Club · Victoria · Kew Cricket Club · Xavier College · APS Rep Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2006
(inferred from U18 eligibility, 2024/25 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2022/23 (ages out of U16 after this)
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
126 off 197
APS Boys 1ST XI · 2023/24 · 11×4, 0×6
· SR 64
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 110 balls (SR 45), then 50 to 100 in just 57 (SR 88) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
44 of 126 runs (35%) in boundaries · 65% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 45 balls · SR 44
watchful
20→40
· 49 balls · SR 41
watchful
40→50
· 16 balls · SR 63
watchful
50→60
· 8 balls · SR 125
brisk
60→80
· 23 balls · SR 87
watchful
80→100
· 26 balls · SR 77
watchful
Overall
Proficient
35/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
43/100
Batting
Advance
79/100
Bowling
Established
~25/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 25 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● State representation (+12)
- ● National championships — 1 match (+1.5)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 35 matches (+10.0)
- ● Body of work — 66 imported matches (+1.3)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
Too many aerial dismissals
37 of 51 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.
Strengths
- ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 41.4.
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 5 hundred(s), best of 126.
- ✓ Safe hands — 25 catches in 66 matches (0.38 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 43 × 40% · Batting 79 × 30% · Bowling 25 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.59 for the level played (National competition 1 · 1st grade 2 · Rep Div 1 5 · 2nd grade 20 · 3rd grade 8 · Club 2). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 38 matches since 30 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 25 catches + 9 run outs (4 direct, 5 assisted) in 66 matches — 0.52 per match.
- Batting
- 2,181 runs in 62 innings, adjusted average 41.4, strike rate 67.4. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 19 wickets in 36 matches bowled in (of 66 played) — 0.53 per match at 34.7, economy 4.06, strike rate 51.2.
Fielding — imported matches (66)
25
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.38
Catches / match
4
RO (direct)
5
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
34
Total dismissals
0.52
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
2181
Runs (62 inns)
41.42
Avg (adj)
67.35
Strike rate
126
High score
11
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
19
Wickets (162.2 ov)
4.06
Economy
34.68
Average
15
Maidens
0.14
Extras / over
51.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 66 imported |
| Batting | 2181 runs in 62 inns @ 41.42 (SR 67.35) |
| Milestones | 5×100, 12×50, HS 126, 0 ducks |
| Bowling | 19 wkts @ 34.68 (econ 4.06, SR 51.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-16 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 25 ct, 9 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 34 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.38
Catches / match
0.52
Dismissals / match
Across 66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 19 | 2 | 467 | 69* | 27.17 | 72.07 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 19 | 3 | 764 | 115 | 46.56 | 70.48 | 5 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 24 | 6 | 950 | 126 | 49.48 | 70.63 | 5 | 3 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 31 | 2 | 117 | 0 | — | 3.77 | — |
| 2024/25 | 21.2 | 0 | 106 | 7 | 15.14 | 5.01 | 18.1 |
| 2023/24 | 110 | 13 | 436 | 12 | 36.33 | 3.96 | 55 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
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