Michael Ballard
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
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Competitions
Registered with:
Casey South Melbourne Cricket Club · Elsternwick Cricket Club · Heatherhill Cricket Club · Baden Powell Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
32/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
63/100
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 19 imported matches (+0.4)
Critical recommendations
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General
No critical flags
Imported-match numbers are solid across the board. Keep importing matches to track trends over time.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.7.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.40.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 32 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 63 × 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 17). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 17 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 3 catches + 3 run outs (2 direct, 1 assisted) in 19 matches — 0.32 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 18 innings at 17.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 36 wickets in 17 matches bowled in (of 19 played) — 2.12 per match at 15.7, economy 3.40, strike rate 27.6.
Fielding — imported matches (19)
3
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.16
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
6
Total dismissals
0.32
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
278
Runs (18 inns)
17.16
Avg (adj)
69.06
Strike rate
57
High score
2
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
36
Wickets (165.7 ov)
3.4
Economy
15.67
Average
16
Maidens
0.08
Extras / over
27.6
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 19 imported |
| Batting | 278 runs in 18 inns @ 17.16 (SR 69.06) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 57, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 36 wkts @ 15.67 (econ 3.4, SR 27.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-99 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 ct, 3 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 6 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.16
Catches / match
0.32
Dismissals / match
Across 19 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 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 25 | 13.67 | 585.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 10 | 1 | 177 | 57 | 19.47 | 186.32 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 1 | 60 | 33 | 14.4 | 75.95 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 16 | 1 | 89 | 5 | 17.8 | 5.56 | 19.2 |
| 2025/26 | 89.8 | 11 | 251 | 18 | 13.94 | 2.79 | 29.9 |
| 2024/25 | 44.8 | 3 | 164 | 9 | 18.22 | 3.66 | 29.9 |
| 2018/19 | 15 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 22.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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