Barry Bester
Bowling – Opening Bowler
QLD
Balanced scorer
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Competitions
Registered with:
Caloundra Cricket Club · Palmwoods Cricket Club · Gympie Regional Cricket Association Inc. · Coastal Cricket League
Overall
Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
43/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
43/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 45 imported matches (+0.9)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 15% 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
0.42 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 19 catches in 45 matches (0.42 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 43 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 43 × 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 33). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 33 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 19 catches + 4 run outs (1 direct, 3 assisted) in 45 matches — 0.51 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 40 innings at 19.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 41 wickets in 37 matches bowled in (of 45 played) — 1.11 per match at 28.3, economy 4.64, strike rate 36.6.
Fielding — imported matches (45)
19
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.42
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
3
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
23
Total dismissals
0.51
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
741
Runs (40 inns)
18.99
Avg (adj)
97.93
Strike rate
95
High score
1
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
41
Wickets (250.2 ov)
4.64
Economy
28.34
Average
30
Maidens
0.3
Extras / over
36.6
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 45 imported |
| Batting | 741 runs in 40 inns @ 18.99 (SR 97.93) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 95, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 41 wkts @ 28.34 (econ 4.64, SR 36.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-31 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 19 ct, 4 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.
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 23 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.42
Catches / match
0.51
Dismissals / match
Across 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2.4 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 16 | 1 | 431 | 90 | 28.62 | 141.78 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 14 | 0 | 216 | 95 | 15.43 | 78.55 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 34 | 16.4 | 81.19 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 19.3 | 0 | 126 | 6 | 21 | 6.52 | 19.3 |
| 2025/26 | 123.5 | 13 | 586 | 19 | 30.84 | 4.74 | 39 |
| 2024/25 | 71.7 | 12 | 334 | 7 | 47.71 | 4.66 | 61.4 |
| 2023/24 | 35.7 | 5 | 116 | 9 | 12.89 | 3.25 | 23.8 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025/26 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Barry compare?
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