Ben O'Dowd
All-Rounder – Bowling
SA
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Nuriootpa Cricket Club · Nairne Cricket Club
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
126* off 75
B Grade - RNW Fire Services · 2025/26 · 8×4, 12×6
· SR 168
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 33 balls (SR 152), then 50 to 100 in just 25 (SR 200) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
104 of 126 runs (83%) in boundaries · 45% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 19 balls · SR 105
steady
20→40
· 7 balls · SR 286
explosive
40→50
· 7 balls · SR 143
brisk
50→60
· 4 balls · SR 250
explosive
60→80
· 17 balls · SR 118
steady
80→100
· 4 balls · SR 500
explosive
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
10/100
Batting
Elite
84/100
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 8 imported matches (+0.2)
Critical recommendations
high
Bowling
Economy under pressure
Going at 6.74 an over. Tighten the stock ball: hit a consistent length, cut out the 4-ball (short and wide / overpitched on the pads).
Strengths
- ✓ Effective lower-order runs — adjusted average 57.2 (frequently not out).
- ✓ Scores quickly (SR 138.8) without sacrificing consistency.
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 126.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 10 × 40% · Batting 84 × 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 8). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 8 matches since 2 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 1 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 8 matches — 0.12 per match.
- Batting
- 206 runs in 6 innings, adjusted average 57.2, strike rate 138.8. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 6 wickets from 20.3 overs across 5 matches bowled in (of 8 played) — 1.20 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (8)
1
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.13
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
1
Total dismissals
0.13
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
206
Runs (6 inns)
57.22
Avg (adj)
138.78
Strike rate
126
High score
4
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
6
Wickets (20.3 ov)
6.74
Economy
22.83
Average
0
Maidens
0.3
Extras / over
20.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 8 imported |
| Batting | 206 runs in 6 inns @ 57.22 (SR 138.78) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 0×50, HS 126, 0 ducks |
| Bowling | 6 wkts @ 22.83 (econ 6.74, SR 20.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-18 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 1 ct, 0 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 1 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.13
Catches / match
0.13
Dismissals / match
Across 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 4 | 204 | 126* | 73.44 | 138.78 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 13.3 | 0 | 101 | 4 | 25.25 | 7.58 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 18 | 5.14 | 21 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
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