Matt Ward
Batting – Opening Batter
VIC
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Competitions
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Ballarat Cricket Association - Representative · Mt Clear Cricket Club · Torquay Cricket Club · Ballarat Cricket Association
🏏 Century highlight
111 off 163
Alfredton Dental First Grade · 2016/17 · 17×4, 1×6
· SR 68
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Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
29/100
Batting
Proficient
49/100
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 90 imported matches (+1.8)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 62.4 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
0.54 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 — 2 hundred(s), best of 111.
- ✓ Safe hands — 49 catches in 90 matches (0.54 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- ✓ Sharp glovework — 5 stumpings.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 29 × 40% · Batting 49 × 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 27). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 27 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 28 catches + 4 run outs (3 direct, 1 assisted) in 90 matches — 0.36 per match.
- Batting
- 1,963 runs in 88 innings, adjusted average 24.8, strike rate 62.4. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Fielding — imported matches (90)
28
Ct (field)
21
Ct (WK)
0.54
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
5
Stumpings
58
Total dismissals
0.64
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1963
Runs (88 inns)
24.84
Avg (adj)
62.41
Strike rate
111
High score
10
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
0
Wickets (0 ov)
—
Economy
—
Average
0
Maidens
—
Extras / over
—
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 90 imported |
| Batting | 1963 runs in 88 inns @ 24.84 (SR 62.41) |
| Milestones | 2×100, 11×50, HS 111, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 0 wkts @ — (econ —, SR —) |
| Best / 5WI | 0-0 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 49 ct, 4 RO, 5 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.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 58 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.54
Catches / match
0.64
Dismissals / match
Across 90 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 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 34 | 30.75 | 93.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 15 | 1 | 323 | 66 | 22.97 | 59.59 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 12 | 1 | 272 | 61* | 24.56 | 60.18 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 16 | 1 | 516 | 105 | 34.27 | 67.19 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 4.67 | 38.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 75 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 40 | 26.5 | 54.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 2 | 98 | 91* | 54.44 | 57.31 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 2 | 184 | 80 | 51.52 | 67.9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 7 | 1 | 176 | 111 | 28.73 | 90.26 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 28 | 14 | 91.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 26 | 16 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 6.2 | 1266.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 28 | 8.83 | 115.22 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2018/19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013/14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011/12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
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