Ben Knowles
Representative pathway — 5 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 8 matches (+3.2)
- ● Regional representative — 7 matches (+1.1)
- ● Body of work — 15 imported matches (+0.3)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 10.5 over 15 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
7 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.
Only 0.07 catches per match over 15 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.
Economy of 3.64 is excellent but a wicket every 59 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.64.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 12 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 40 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.37 for the level played (1st grade 1 · 2nd grade 7 · 3rd grade 2 · 4th grade 5). 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: 1 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 15 matches — 0.07 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 15 innings at 10.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 11 wickets in 13 matches bowled in (of 15 played) — 0.85 per match at 35.7, economy 3.64, strike rate 58.9.
Fielding — imported matches (15)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 15 imported |
| Batting | 131 runs in 15 inns @ 10.48 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 43, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 11 wkts @ 35.73 (econ 3.64, SR 58.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-67 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 1 ct, 0 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 1 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/08 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 7.53 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2004/05 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 43 | 15.36 | 1066.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003/04 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 8.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/08 | 43 | 5 | 170 | 5 | 34 | 3.95 | 51.6 |
| 2005/06 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.33 | — |
| 2004/05 | 42 | 5 | 134 | 5 | 26.8 | 3.19 | 50.4 |
| 2003/04 | 20 | 1 | 88 | 1 | 88 | 4.4 | 120 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Ben compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.