Des Smith
Batting – Opening Batter
WA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Phoenix Cricket Club · Ports Cricket Club Inc · South Metropolitan Cricket Association · Western Australia Veterans Cricket Representative teams
Overall
Needs Work
12/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Advance
61/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 1 match (+0.1)
- ● Body of work — 13 imported matches (+0.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball
6 of 12 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.92 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 12 catches in 13 matches (0.92 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 61 × 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 13). 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: 12 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 13 matches — 0.92 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 13 innings at 18.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Fielding — imported matches (13)
12
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.92
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
12
Total dismissals
0.92
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
222
Runs (13 inns)
18.39
Avg (adj)
—
Strike rate
58
High score
1
Not outs
1
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
0
Wickets (0 ov)
—
Economy
—
Average
0
Maidens
—
Extras / over
—
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 13 imported |
| Batting | 222 runs in 13 inns @ 18.39 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 58, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 0 wkts @ — (econ —, SR —) |
| Best / 5WI | — · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 12 ct, 0 RO, 0 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 12 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.92
Catches / match
0.92
Dismissals / match
Across 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 32 | 14.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 50 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 58 | 29.5 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 9.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2004/05 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 31 | 15.31 | — | 0 | 0 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011/12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004/05 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Des compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.