Ben Macdermid (24)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 58 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 4.5 over 29 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
11 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.
Only 0.12 catches per match over 58 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.
Out for 0 in 24% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.61.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 57 × 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 27). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 27 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 7 catches + 3 run outs (2 direct, 1 assisted) in 58 matches — 0.17 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 29 innings at 4.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 74 wickets in 56 matches bowled in (of 58 played) — 1.32 per match at 20.4, economy 3.61, strike rate 33.9.
Fielding — imported matches (58)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 58 imported |
| Batting | 96 runs in 29 inns @ 4.45 (SR 34.23) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 13, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 74 wkts @ 20.42 (econ 3.61, SR 33.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-42 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 7 ct, 3 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 10 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 58 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 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 3.66 | 27.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 8.96 | 34.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 11* | 5.5 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 18 | 4 | 58 | 4 | 14.5 | 3.22 | 27 |
| 2025/26 | 120.8 | 25 | 470 | 25 | 18.8 | 3.89 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 74 | 11 | 272 | 12 | 22.67 | 3.68 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | 97.8 | 23 | 268 | 15 | 17.87 | 2.74 | 39.1 |
| 2022/23 | 23.5 | 2 | 82 | 4 | 20.5 | 3.49 | 35.3 |
| 2021/22 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 17 | 5.67 | 18 |
| 2019/20 | 14 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 34 | 4.86 | 42 |
| 2018/19 | 34 | 3 | 155 | 9 | 17.22 | 4.56 | 22.7 |
| 2017/18 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | — | 4.17 | — |
| 2016/17 | 16 | 2 | 54 | 1 | 54 | 3.38 | 96 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | — | 3.2 | — |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
How does Ben compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.