Benjamin Ford (23)
Representative pathway — 12 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 19 matches (+7.6)
- ● Body of work — 21 imported matches (+0.4)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 2.4 over 11 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Out for 0 in 27% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.07 is excellent but a wicket every 61 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
0.24 dismissals per match across 21 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 19 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 13 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.75 for the level played (Rep Div 1 19 · Club 2). 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: 4 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 21 matches — 0.24 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 11 innings at 2.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 11 wickets in 20 matches bowled in (of 21 played) — 0.55 per match at 31.1, economy 3.07, strike rate 60.7.
Fielding — imported matches (21)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 21 imported |
| Batting | 18 runs in 11 inns @ 2.38 (SR 19.15) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 7, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 11 wkts @ 31.09 (econ 3.07, SR 60.7) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-13 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 4 ct, 1 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 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 2.25 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1.33 | 19.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3.52 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 47 | 11 | 159 | 1 | 159 | 3.38 | 282 |
| 2016/17 | 30 | 11 | 59 | 4 | 14.75 | 1.97 | 45 |
| 2015/16 | 25.3 | 3 | 107 | 6 | 17.83 | 4.22 | 25.3 |
| 2014/15 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 0 | — | 1.89 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
How does Benjamin compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.