Ben Waterman

Bowling – First-Change Bowler VIC Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Canterbury Cricket Club · North Eltham Wanderers Cricket Club · Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club · Kew Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
26/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
24/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
43/100

Representative pathway — 12 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 118 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Body of work — 121 imported matches (+2.4)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 13.5 over 102 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Bowling
Tight but not threatening

Economy of 3.39 is excellent but a wicket every 44 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.39.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 24 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 43 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.80 for the level played (1st grade 116 · 2nd grade 2 · Club 3). 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: 28 catches + 7 run outs (7 direct, 0 assisted) in 121 matches — 0.29 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 102 innings at 13.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
211 wickets in 117 matches bowled in (of 121 played) — 1.80 per match at 24.6, economy 3.39, strike rate 43.5.

Fielding — imported matches (121)

28
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.23
Catches / match
7
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
35
Total dismissals
0.29
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

1182
Runs (102 inns)
13.52
Avg (adj)
59.63
Strike rate
79
High score
17
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

211
Wickets (1531.3 ov)
3.39
Economy
24.63
Average
278
Maidens
0.11
Extras / over
43.5
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 121 imported
Batting 1182 runs in 102 inns @ 13.52 (SR 59.63)
Milestones 0×100, 1×50, HS 79, 12 ducks
Bowling 211 wkts @ 24.63 (econ 3.39, SR 43.5)
Best / 5WI 6-68 · 3 five-fors
Fielding 28 ct, 7 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 35 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.23
Catches / match
0.29
Dismissals / match

Across 121 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
2014/15 1 0 6 6 6 — 0 0
2012/13 1 0 35 35 35 — 0 0
2010/11 8 2 87 26* 13.59 61.7 0 0
2009/10 16 3 147 31* 10.91 56.98 0 0
2008/09 13 3 154 39 14.58 66.09 0 0
2007/08 12 2 100 39* 9.72 — 0 0
2006/07 14 3 246 79* 21.34 3514.29 1 0
2005/06 7 2 26 10 4.78 173.33 0 0
2004/05 16 0 263 46 16.44 — 0 0
2003/04 5 1 61 19 14.64 — 0 0
2002/03 7 1 45 22 7.35 — 0 0
2001/02 2 0 12 10 6 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2014/15 8 0 38 2 19 4.75 24
2012/13 9.8 4 31 2 15.5 3.15 29.5
2011/12 8 1 26 5 5.2 3.25 9.6
2010/11 199.2 37 617 30 20.57 3.1 39.8
2009/10 232.3 41 790 31 25.48 3.4 45
2008/09 224.5 34 856 27 31.7 3.81 49.9
2007/08 162 32 574 22 26.09 3.54 44.2
2006/07 165 25 635 26 24.42 3.85 38.1
2005/06 133 19 492 16 30.75 3.7 49.9
2004/05 181.2 41 492 26 18.92 2.72 41.8
2003/04 63.3 10 191 11 17.36 3.02 34.5
2002/03 91 24 272 9 30.22 2.99 60.7
2001/02 54 10 182 4 45.5 3.37 81

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2010/11 3 0 1 0 4
2009/10 7 0 0 0 7
2008/09 7 0 2 0 9
2007/08 2 0 0 0 2
2006/07 5 0 2 0 7
2005/06 0 0 1 0 1
2004/05 1 0 0 0 1
2003/04 3 0 0 0 3
2002/03 0 0 1 0 1
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