Gary Budden
Batting – Opening Batter
NSW
Balanced scorer
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Competitions
Registered with:
NSW Masters Cricket - Representative Teams · Tamworth Veterans · Veterans Cricket New England · Thornton Park District Cricket Club · Hunter Taverners Veterans Cricket · NSW Masters Cricket · NSW Veterans Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
21/100
Batting
Proficient
54/100
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 18 matches (+2.7)
- ● Body of work — 25 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball
8 of 16 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.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.56 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 14 catches in 25 matches (0.56 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 21 × 40% · Batting 54 × 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 25). 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: 8 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 25 matches — 0.40 per match.
- Batting
- 538 runs in 24 innings, adjusted average 29.9, strike rate 71.3. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Fielding — imported matches (25)
8
Ct (field)
6
Ct (WK)
0.56
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
3
Stumpings
19
Total dismissals
0.76
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
538
Runs (24 inns)
29.89
Avg (adj)
71.27
Strike rate
56
High score
8
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 | 25 imported |
| Batting | 538 runs in 24 inns @ 29.89 (SR 71.27) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 3×50, HS 56, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 0 wkts @ — (econ —, SR —) |
| Best / 5WI | — · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 14 ct, 2 RO, 3 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 19 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.56
Catches / match
0.76
Dismissals / match
Across 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 41* | 35 | 95.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 26* | 20.25 | 93.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 1 | 149 | 56 | 46.56 | 102.76 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 2 | 88 | 51* | 48.89 | 81.48 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 41* | 23.56 | 88.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 6 | 0 | 107 | 38 | 17.83 | 169.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 40* | 22.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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