Charlie Best

Fielding – Wicketkeeper-Batter VIC Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Richmond Cricket Club (VIC) · Swan Valley Cricket Club · Altona Cricket Club
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🏏 Century highlight
134 off 193
North/East 1st XI · 2017/18 · 16×4, 0×6 · SR 69

Ball-by-ball detail isn't available for this match, so the innings worm and shot breakdown aren't shown.

Overall Needs Work
12/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Proficient
40/100
Batting Proficient
64/100
Bowling
Not enough data

Representative pathway — 4 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 10 matches (+4.0)
  • ● Body of work — 24 imported matches (+0.5)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 58.8 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

medium Batting
Too many aerial dismissals

14 of 19 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 17% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Fielding
Keeping dismissal rate below par

0.46 keeping dismissals (WK catches + stumpings) per match. Work standing-up takes and leg-side stumpings — the fastest way for a keeper to add value.

info Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon

0.58 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.

Strengths

  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 134.
  • ✓ Safe hands — 14 catches in 24 matches (0.58 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 40 × 40% · Batting 64 × 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
×0.31 for the level played (3rd grade 10 · Club 14). 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
Keeping: 10 catches + 1 stumpings + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 24 matches — 0.50 dismissals per match.
Batting
493 runs in 23 innings, adjusted average 25.2, strike rate 58.8. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
Not rated: 0 wickets from 2.0 overs across 1 matches bowled in (of 24 played) — 0.00 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.

Fielding — imported matches (24)

4
Ct (field)
10
Ct (WK)
0.58
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
1
Stumpings
16
Total dismissals
0.67
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

493
Runs (23 inns)
25.16
Avg (adj)
58.79
Strike rate
134
High score
4
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

0
Wickets (2 ov)
3
Economy
—
Average
0
Maidens
0
Extras / over
—
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 24 imported
Batting 493 runs in 23 inns @ 25.16 (SR 58.79)
Milestones 1×100, 2×50, HS 134, 4 ducks
Bowling 0 wkts @ — (econ 3, SR —)
Best / 5WI 0-6 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 14 ct, 1 RO, 1 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 16 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.58
Catches / match
0.67
Dismissals / match

Across 24 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 12 4 353 134 39.22 66.73 2 1
2011/12 11 0 140 44 12.73 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2011/12 2 0 6 0 — 3 —

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2017/18 0 9 1 1 11
2011/12 4 1 0 0 5
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