Steve Ball

Bowling – First-Change Bowler SA Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Woodside Cricket Club (SA) · Fleurieu & Districts (Gold) · Alexandra & Eastern Hills Cricket Association
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Overall Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Proficient
40/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
62/100

Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Regional representative — 1 match (+0.1)
  • ● Body of work — 77 imported matches (+1.5)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 8.3 over 52 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 14% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

info 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

  • ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.3.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.48.
  • ✓ Safe hands — 31 catches in 77 matches (0.40 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 40 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 62 × 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 (Rep Div 1 1 · Club 76). 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: 31 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 77 matches — 0.43 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 52 innings at 8.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
121 wickets in 76 matches bowled in (of 77 played) — 1.59 per match at 16.3, economy 3.48, strike rate 28.0.

Fielding — imported matches (77)

31
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.4
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
33
Total dismissals
0.43
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

306
Runs (52 inns)
8.26
Avg (adj)
54.34
Strike rate
23
High score
21
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

121
Wickets (564.8 ov)
3.48
Economy
16.26
Average
78
Maidens
0.21
Extras / over
28
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 77 imported
Batting 306 runs in 52 inns @ 8.26 (SR 54.34)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 23, 7 ducks
Bowling 121 wkts @ 16.26 (econ 3.48, SR 28)
Best / 5WI 5-13 · 1 five-fors
Fielding 31 ct, 2 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 33 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.4
Catches / match
0.43
Dismissals / match

Across 77 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 5 31 9 6.3 38.75 0 0
2020/21 8 3 51 12 8.77 61.45 0 0
2019/20 4 1 25 11* 7.81 54.35 0 0
2018/19 20 8 137 23* 9.59 71.35 0 0
2017/18 12 4 62 18* 6.89 48.06 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2021/22 80 13 278 18 15.44 3.48 26.7
2020/21 96 13 334 18 18.56 3.48 32
2019/20 39 3 172 6 28.67 4.41 39
2018/19 186 29 588 45 13.07 3.16 24.8
2017/18 163.8 20 595 34 17.5 3.63 28.9

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2021/22 2 0 1 0 3
2020/21 9 0 0 0 9
2019/20 4 0 0 0 4
2018/19 9 0 0 0 9
2017/18 7 0 1 0 8
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