Zac Ward (17)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 51 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 7.7 over 47 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
16 of 31 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
1.1 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
Only 0.04 catches per match over 51 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Out for 0 in 26% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 5 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 51 × 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 51). 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: 2 catches + 3 run outs (3 direct, 0 assisted) in 51 matches — 0.10 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 47 innings at 7.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 21 wickets in 45 matches bowled in (of 51 played) — 0.47 per match at 25.7, economy 4.38, strike rate 35.1.
Fielding — imported matches (51)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 51 imported |
| Batting | 270 runs in 47 inns @ 7.7 (SR 76.62) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 26, 12 ducks |
| Bowling | 21 wkts @ 25.67 (econ 4.38, SR 35.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-10 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 2 ct, 3 RO, 0 st |
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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 51 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 | 7 | 3 | 60 | 21* | 12.24 | 77.92 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3* | 0.69 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11* | 11 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 20 | 7 | 190 | 26* | 12.83 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.47 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 21 | 0 | 87 | 8 | 10.88 | 4.14 | 15.8 |
| 2019/20 | 17 | 0 | 140 | 0 | — | 8.24 | — |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 3.25 | 24 |
| 2017/18 | 65 | 3 | 224 | 12 | 18.67 | 3.45 | 32.5 |
| 2016/17 | 16 | 0 | 75 | 0 | — | 4.69 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016/17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
How does Zac compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.