Stephen Best
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 30 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 7.1 over 26 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
12 of 22 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.
Out for 0 in 19% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.23 dismissals per match across 30 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 0 × 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 4). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 4 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 4 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 30 matches — 0.13 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 26 innings at 7.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 1 wicket from 6.2 overs across 4 matches bowled in (of 30 played) — 0.03 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (30)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 30 imported |
| Batting | 161 runs in 26 inns @ 7.14 (SR 45.25) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 48, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 1 wkts @ 42 (econ 6.81, SR 37) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-16 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 7 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2.5 | 19.23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 3.17 | 36.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7* | 7 | 116.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5* | 5 | 83.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 48 | 22.67 | 637.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12* | 7.81 | 92.59 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 48.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 420 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004/05 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | — |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 5.33 | 18 |
| 2018/19 | 0.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 24 | — |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | — | 10 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Stephen compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.