Daniel Best
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 42 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 3.8 over 24 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
10 of 19 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.
Out for 0 in 25% 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 — 15 catches in 42 matches (0.36 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 50 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 59 × 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 21). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 21 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 15 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 42 matches — 0.38 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 24 innings at 3.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 37 wickets in 33 matches bowled in (of 42 played) — 1.12 per match at 21.3, economy 4.66, strike rate 27.4.
Fielding — imported matches (42)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 42 imported |
| Batting | 76 runs in 24 inns @ 3.83 (SR 23.35) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 17, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 37 wkts @ 21.27 (econ 4.66, SR 27.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-27 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 15 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 16 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 3.83 | 28.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 3.56 | 20.51 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 8.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 69 | 4 | 273 | 15 | 18.2 | 3.96 | 27.6 |
| 2024/25 | 13 | 0 | 91 | 3 | 30.33 | 7 | 26 |
| 2023/24 | 22 | 1 | 136 | 1 | 136 | 6.18 | 132 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | — | 4 | — |
| 2018/19 | 11 | 0 | 74 | 2 | 37 | 6.73 | 33 |
| 2017/18 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 2.67 | 27 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 0 | — | 6.5 | — |
| 2015/16 | 36 | 6 | 143 | 14 | 10.21 | 3.97 | 15.4 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How does Daniel compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.