Ben van der Merwe (31)

★ Div 1 Rep Batting – Top-Order Batter U21 (2015/16) NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Mosman Cricket Club · Northbridge Cricket Club · UTS North Sydney Cricket Club · I Zingari Australia Cricket Club · PinDropFury Cricket Club · Croydon Park Buccaneers · Easy Riders
District represented: Mosman (Green Shield — NSW Premier Cricket)
Age: Born on/after 1 Sep 1994 (inferred from U21 eligibility, 2015/16 season)
Green Shield: 3 season(s) played (first 2008/09) · last GS year 2010/11 (ages out of U16 after this)
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🏏 Century highlight
106 off 180
AW Green Shield · 2010/11 · 11×4, 0×6 · SR 59

Ball-by-ball detail isn't available for this match, so the innings worm and shot breakdown aren't shown.

Overall Needs Work
25/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Proficient
36/100
Batting Proficient
65/100
Bowling Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics

Representative pathway — 22 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Division 1 representative (+4)
  • ● Premier or state pathway — 75 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 105 matches (+4.0)
  • ● Body of work — 221 imported matches (+4.4)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 60.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 14% of 50+ scores become hundreds (32 fifties, 5 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

info Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon

0.51 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.

Strengths

  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 5 hundred(s), best of 161.
  • ✓ Safe hands — 113 catches in 221 matches (0.51 per match), a genuine selection asset.
  • ✓ Sharp glovework — 10 stumpings.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 36 × 40% · Batting 65 × 30% · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.47 for the level played (1st grade 10 · Rep Div 1 14 · 2nd grade 95 · 3rd grade 50 · Club 41 · 4th grade 6 · 5th grade and below 5). 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: 68 catches + 6 run outs (6 direct, 0 assisted) in 221 matches — 0.33 per match.
Batting
5,993 runs in 230 innings, adjusted average 29.2, strike rate 60.0. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
Not rated: 11 wickets from 117.0 overs across 23 matches bowled in (of 221 played) — 0.05 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.

Fielding — imported matches (221)

68
Ct (field)
45
Ct (WK)
0.51
Catches / match
6
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
10
Stumpings
129
Total dismissals
0.58
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

5993
Runs (230 inns)
29.23
Avg (adj)
59.99
Strike rate
161
High score
28
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

11
Wickets (117 ov)
4.1
Economy
43.64
Average
12
Maidens
0.03
Extras / over
63.8
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 221 imported
Batting 5993 runs in 230 inns @ 29.23 (SR 59.99)
Milestones 5×100, 32×50, HS 161, 23 ducks
Bowling 11 wkts @ 43.64 (econ 4.1, SR 63.8)
Best / 5WI 3-17 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 113 ct, 6 RO, 10 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 129 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.51
Catches / match
0.58
Dismissals / match

Across 221 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 8 2 288 77* 45 293.88 2 0
2020/21 14 4 426 95 39.12 156.04 4 0
2019/20 8 2 380 161* 59.38 — 3 1
2018/19 18 4 570 101 38.7 259.09 4 1
2017/18 25 2 777 135 33.57 607.03 1 2
2016/17 14 0 279 92 19.93 74.2 1 0
2015/16 23 3 512 74 25.16 93.26 2 0
2014/15 23 4 724 94* 36.95 71.12 6 0
2013/14 25 1 557 95 23.17 96.2 2 0
2012/13 18 0 323 50 17.94 62.48 1 0
2011/12 23 3 369 60 18.14 201.64 1 0
2010/11 20 2 489 106 26.9 156.23 2 1
2009/10 9 1 260 89* 32.1 99.62 3 0
2008/09 2 0 39 26 19.5 72.22 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2014/15 2 0 22 0 — 11 —
2013/14 4 1 19 1 19 4.75 24
2012/13 4 1 17 0 — 4.25 —
2011/12 6 0 25 0 — 4.17 —
2010/11 69 9 277 7 39.57 4.01 59.1
2009/10 32 1 120 3 40 3.75 64

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2021/22 4 0 0 0 4
2020/21 5 1 0 0 6
2019/20 6 0 0 0 6
2018/19 8 1 1 2 12
2017/18 2 8 0 0 10
2016/17 8 4 0 1 13
2015/16 6 0 0 0 6
2014/15 6 0 0 0 6
2013/14 2 5 1 2 10
2012/13 3 0 0 0 3
2011/12 4 23 1 5 33
2010/11 12 3 2 0 17
2009/10 1 0 1 0 2
2008/09 1 0 0 0 1
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