Ben Schaefer (31)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 44 imported matches (+0.9)
Critical recommendations
Going at 5.70 an over. Tighten the stock ball: hit a consistent length, cut out the 4-ball (short and wide / overpitched on the pads).
Only 0.14 catches per match over 44 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 14% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Only 14% of 50+ scores become hundreds (6 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 7 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 41 × 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 44). 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: 6 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 44 matches — 0.16 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 44 innings at 23.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 23 wickets in 20 matches bowled in (of 44 played) — 1.15 per match at 25.6, economy 5.70, strike rate 27.0.
Fielding — imported matches (44)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 44 imported |
| Batting | 1017 runs in 44 inns @ 23.11 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 6×50, HS 136, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 23 wkts @ 25.61 (econ 5.7, SR 27) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-47 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 12 | 0 | 290 | 136 | 24.17 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 15 | 0 | 259 | 76 | 17.27 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 8 | 0 | 417 | 87 | 52.13 | — | 5 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 1.2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 10.29 | — |
| 2017/18 | 30 | 2 | 154 | 3 | 51.33 | 5.13 | 60 |
| 2016/17 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 17 | 4.86 | 21 |
| 2015/16 | 63.2 | 0 | 347 | 18 | 19.28 | 5.49 | 21.1 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 | — | 21 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
How does Ben compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.