Melissa Benson
Fielding – Wicketkeeper-Batter
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Competitions
Registered with:
South West Cricket Association (Representative Cricket) · Ecklin Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
6/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
28/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 14 imported matches (+0.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 61.3 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Fielding
Keeping dismissal rate below par
0.36 keeping dismissals (WK catches + stumpings) per match. Work standing-up takes and leg-side stumpings — the fastest way for a keeper to add value.
Strengths
- ✓ Reliable in the field — contributes a dismissal every second match.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 28 × 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 14). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 14 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Keeping: 3 catches + 2 stumpings + 3 run outs (0 direct, 3 assisted) in 14 matches — 0.57 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 12 innings at 16.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 1 wicket from 4.0 overs across 1 matches bowled in (of 14 played) — 0.07 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (14)
0
Ct (field)
3
Ct (WK)
0.21
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
3
RO (assist)
2
Stumpings
8
Total dismissals
0.57
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
150
Runs (12 inns)
16.67
Avg (adj)
61.32
Strike rate
28
High score
4
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
1
Wickets (4 ov)
5
Economy
20
Average
0
Maidens
1.5
Extras / over
24
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 14 imported |
| Batting | 150 runs in 12 inns @ 16.67 (SR 61.32) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 28, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 1 wkts @ 20 (econ 5, SR 24) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-20 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 ct, 3 RO, 2 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.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 8 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.21
Catches / match
0.57
Dismissals / match
Across 14 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 | 10 | 4 | 133 | 28 | 18.62 | 64.88 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 8.5 | 44.74 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 24 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
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