Ben Read (33)
Representative pathway — 8 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 18 matches (+7.2)
- ● Body of work — 24 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 45.3 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Out for 0 in 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
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 — 10 catches in 24 matches (0.42 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 6 × 40% · Batting 51 × 30% · 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
- ×0.42 for the level played (Rep Div 1 14 · 3rd grade 4 · Club 6). 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: 6 catches + 1 stumpings + 3 run outs (3 direct, 0 assisted) in 24 matches — 0.42 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- 587 runs in 25 innings, adjusted average 28.2, strike rate 45.3. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 9 wickets from 37.7 overs across 6 matches bowled in (of 24 played) — 0.38 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (24)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 24 imported |
| Batting | 587 runs in 25 inns @ 28.18 (SR 45.26) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 73, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 9 wkts @ 21.44 (econ 5.12, SR 25.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-41 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 10 ct, 3 RO, 1 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 14 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 6 | 1 | 161 | 73 | 31.31 | 165.98 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 2 | 1 | 91 | 58* | 68.25 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 4 | 1 | 155 | 67* | 48.44 | 1550 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 9 | 2 | 131 | 56* | 17.79 | 233.93 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 40 | 12.25 | 4900 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 8.5 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 17.67 | 6.24 | 17 |
| 2008/09 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 37 | 5.29 | 42 |
| 2007/08 | 22.2 | 3 | 103 | 5 | 20.6 | 4.65 | 26.6 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010/11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009/10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008/09 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 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.