Ben Simpson (28)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 30 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 40.3 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.10 catches per match over 30 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 15% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 7 × 40% · Batting 41 × 30% · Bowling 66 × 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 30). 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: 3 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 30 matches — 0.13 per match.
- Batting
- 650 runs in 34 innings, adjusted average 22.5, strike rate 40.3. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 13 wickets in 11 matches bowled in (of 30 played) — 0.43 per match at 9.8, economy 2.23, strike rate 26.3.
Fielding — imported matches (30)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 30 imported |
| Batting | 650 runs in 34 inns @ 22.49 (SR 40.34) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 99, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 13 wkts @ 9.77 (econ 2.23, SR 26.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-12 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 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 4 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 32* | 24.44 | 47.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 13 | 1 | 168 | 99 | 13.92 | 80 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 8 | 2 | 223 | 79* | 34.84 | 210.38 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 6 | 0 | 129 | 50 | 21.5 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 56 | 33.5 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19* | 14.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 2017/18 | 30 | 6 | 65 | 11 | 5.91 | 2.17 | 16.4 |
| 2014/15 | 20 | 7 | 48 | 0 | — | 2.4 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
How does Ben compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.