Ben Cookson
Fielding – Wicketkeeper-Batter
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Ringwood Cricket Club · Research Eltham Collegians Cricket Club · Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club · Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club · Kew Cricket Club
Overall
Proficient
42/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Elite
87/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 13 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 123 matches (+10.0)
- ● Body of work — 125 imported matches (+2.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 14.1 over 99 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
1.09 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 136 catches in 125 matches (1.09 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- ✓ Sharp glovework — 25 stumpings.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 87 × 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
- ×0.81 for the level played (1st grade 122 · 2nd grade 1 · Club 2). 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
- Keeping: 134 catches + 25 stumpings + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 125 matches — 1.28 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 99 innings at 14.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Fielding — imported matches (125)
2
Ct (field)
134
Ct (WK)
1.09
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
25
Stumpings
162
Total dismissals
1.3
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1087
Runs (99 inns)
14.09
Avg (adj)
45.06
Strike rate
68
High score
28
Not outs
8
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 | 125 imported |
| Batting | 1087 runs in 99 inns @ 14.09 (SR 45.06) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 68, 12 ducks |
| Bowling | 0 wkts @ — (econ —, SR —) |
| Best / 5WI | — · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 136 ct, 1 RO, 25 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 162 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
1.09
Catches / match
1.3
Dismissals / match
Across 125 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 28 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 12 | 6 | 101 | 26 | 12.63 | 34.59 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 13 | 2 | 116 | 29 | 10.3 | 38.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 6 | 0 | 134 | 56 | 22.33 | 59.82 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 9 | 1 | 155 | 68 | 19.14 | 58.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 10 | 1 | 214 | 45 | 23.54 | 46.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005/06 | 9 | 3 | 106 | 26* | 15.7 | 35.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004/05 | 14 | 5 | 100 | 27* | 9.69 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003/04 | 12 | 3 | 78 | 21 | 8.13 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2002/03 | 13 | 7 | 55 | 22* | 6.51 | — | 0 | 0 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010/11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2009/10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2008/09 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 2007/08 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 2006/07 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| 2005/06 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 2004/05 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2003/04 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 25 |
| 2002/03 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Ben compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.