Ben Walkden
All-Rounder – Bowling
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Competitions
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Strathfield Cricket Club · Airport West St Christophers Cricket Club
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
133 off 219
Championship - Kookaburra Sports Senior Division · 2025/26 · 10×4, 3×6
· SR 61
A front-loaded hundred: a quick first fifty off 90 balls (SR 56), then 50 to 100 at a steadier 115 balls (SR 43).
Scoring breakdown
58 of 133 runs (44%) in boundaries · 69% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 35 balls · SR 57
watchful
20→40
· 37 balls · SR 54
watchful
40→50
· 18 balls · SR 56
watchful
50→60
· 37 balls · SR 27
watchful
60→80
· 41 balls · SR 49
watchful
80→100
· 37 balls · SR 54
watchful
Overall
Needs Work
15/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Advance
67/100
Batting
Advance
75/100
Bowling
Advance
67/100
Representative pathway — 6 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 53 imported matches (+1.1)
- ● All-round value (+5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 55.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.40 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 35.5.
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 3 hundred(s), best of 133.
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 14.8.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.70.
- ✓ Safe hands — 21 catches in 53 matches (0.40 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 67 × 40% · Batting 75 × 30% · Bowling 67 × 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 34). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 34 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 21 catches + 9 run outs (7 direct, 2 assisted) in 53 matches — 0.57 per match.
- Batting
- 1,566 runs in 51 innings, adjusted average 35.5, strike rate 55.4. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 108 wickets in 52 matches bowled in (of 53 played) — 2.08 per match at 14.8, economy 2.70, strike rate 32.9.
Fielding — imported matches (53)
21
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.4
Catches / match
7
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
30
Total dismissals
0.57
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1566
Runs (51 inns)
35.52
Avg (adj)
55.41
Strike rate
133
High score
8
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
108
Wickets (592.8 ov)
2.7
Economy
14.81
Average
126
Maidens
0.05
Extras / over
32.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 53 imported |
| Batting | 1566 runs in 51 inns @ 35.52 (SR 55.41) |
| Milestones | 3×100, 6×50, HS 133, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 108 wkts @ 14.81 (econ 2.7, SR 32.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-26 · 5 five-fors |
| Fielding | 21 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 30 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.4
Catches / match
0.57
Dismissals / match
Across 53 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 | 1 | 34 | 34* | 34 | 58.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 22 | 5 | 793 | 133 | 44.24 | 65.27 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 12 | 1 | 312 | 96 | 28.17 | 46.02 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 16 | 1 | 427 | 114 | 28.36 | 368.1 | 1 | 1 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 220.2 | 35 | 647 | 44 | 14.7 | 2.94 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 165 | 41 | 433 | 31 | 13.97 | 2.62 | 31.9 |
| 2022/23 | 207.7 | 50 | 520 | 33 | 15.76 | 2.5 | 37.8 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
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