Simon Best (18)
Batting – Middle-Order Batter
U13 (2020/21)
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Marrickville Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2007
(inferred from U13 eligibility, 2020/21 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2023/24 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
26/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Strong
~39/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 69 imported matches (+1.4)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 11.6 over 62 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
high
Bowling
Conceding too many extras
1.1 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 39 × 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 69). 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
- Outfield: 9 catches + 6 run outs (6 direct, 0 assisted) in 69 matches — 0.22 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 62 innings at 11.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 33 wickets in 55 matches bowled in (of 69 played) — 0.60 per match at 16.8, economy 4.11, strike rate 24.5.
Fielding — imported matches (69)
9
Ct (field)
5
Ct (WK)
0.2
Catches / match
6
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
20
Total dismissals
0.29
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
496
Runs (62 inns)
11.61
Avg (adj)
64.27
Strike rate
41
High score
28
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
33
Wickets (134.7 ov)
4.11
Economy
16.79
Average
8
Maidens
1.15
Extras / over
24.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 69 imported |
| Batting | 496 runs in 62 inns @ 11.61 (SR 64.27) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 41, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 33 wkts @ 16.79 (econ 4.11, SR 24.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-2 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 14 ct, 6 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 20 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.2
Catches / match
0.29
Dismissals / match
Across 69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 9 | 1 | 67 | 25* | 8.27 | 57.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 11 | 4 | 77 | 22 | 9.55 | 57.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 15 | 4 | 178 | 41* | 15.03 | 70.92 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 14 | 6 | 93 | 17* | 9.49 | 41.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 13 | 13 | 81 | 14* | 6.23 | 42.86 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 17 | 1 | 84 | 3 | 28 | 4.94 | 34 |
| 2020/21 | 27.7 | 1 | 127 | 7 | 18.14 | 4.59 | 23.7 |
| 2019/20 | 21.8 | 2 | 87 | 7 | 12.43 | 3.98 | 18.7 |
| 2018/19 | 37 | 2 | 129 | 8 | 16.13 | 3.49 | 27.8 |
| 2017/18 | 31.2 | 2 | 127 | 8 | 15.88 | 4.07 | 23.4 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020/21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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