Darci Best (21)
Batting – Middle-Order Batter
U14 (2018/19)
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Port Adelaide Cricket Club · Western Districts Cricket Club · Eyre Peninsula · Le Hunte Cricket Association · Wudinna Cricket Club · Rostrevor College
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2004
(inferred from U14 eligibility, 2018/19 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2020/21 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
10/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
28/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 6 matches (+2.4)
- ● Body of work — 26 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 14.8 over 19 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 10% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 10 catches in 26 matches (0.38 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 28 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · 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
- ×0.47 for the level played (Rep Div 1 7 · Club 19). 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: 9 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 26 matches — 0.38 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 19 innings at 14.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 2 wickets from 16.7 overs across 6 matches bowled in (of 26 played) — 0.08 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (26)
9
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.38
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
2
Stumpings
13
Total dismissals
0.5
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
213
Runs (19 inns)
14.75
Avg (adj)
52.35
Strike rate
68
High score
6
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
2
Wickets (16.7 ov)
5.46
Economy
45.5
Average
0
Maidens
1.08
Extras / over
50
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 26 imported |
| Batting | 213 runs in 19 inns @ 14.75 (SR 52.35) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 68, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 2 wkts @ 45.5 (econ 5.46, SR 50) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-2 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 10 ct, 1 RO, 2 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.
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 13 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.38
Catches / match
0.5
Dismissals / match
Across 26 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 | 2 | 57 | 40 | 10.47 | 111.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 16* | 14.63 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 68* | 23.76 | 50.25 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 15* | 13.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 0.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018/19 | 9 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 52 | 5.78 | 54 |
| 2016/17 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 | — | 5.29 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
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