Jake Best
Bowling – Third-Change Bowler
VIC
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Casey South Melbourne Cricket Club · Cranbourne Cricket Club · The Basin Cricket Club · Vermont Cricket Club · Ex Students Cricket Club · Foster Cricket Club · VIC Country · Fish Creek Tarwin Cricket Club · Ferntree Gully and District Cricket Association
🏏 Century highlight
125 off 221
Kookaburra Men's Premier Firsts · 2009/10 · 16×4, 0×6
· SR 57
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Overall
Needs Work
1/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
0/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 95 imported matches (+1.9)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 44.7 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.54 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 51 catches in 95 matches (0.54 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- 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 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 1 match since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 51 catches + 4 run outs (4 direct, 0 assisted) in 95 matches — 0.58 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 100 innings at 23.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 2 wickets from 10.0 overs across 2 matches bowled in (of 95 played) — 0.02 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (95)
51
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.54
Catches / match
4
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
55
Total dismissals
0.58
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
2061
Runs (100 inns)
23.08
Avg (adj)
44.7
Strike rate
125
High score
12
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
2
Wickets (10 ov)
3
Economy
15
Average
3
Maidens
0.3
Extras / over
30
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 95 imported |
| Batting | 2061 runs in 100 inns @ 23.08 (SR 44.7) |
| Milestones | 3×100, 7×50, HS 125, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 2 wkts @ 15 (econ 3, SR 30) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-26 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 51 ct, 4 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 55 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.54
Catches / match
0.58
Dismissals / match
Across 95 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 8 | 2 | 104 | 42 | 16.25 | 62.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 22 | 1 | 308 | 72* | 14.64 | 108.07 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 20 | 3 | 457 | 96* | 26.28 | 96.01 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 16 | 3 | 474 | 105 | 35.18 | 52.61 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009/10 | 13 | 0 | 330 | 125 | 25.38 | 48.25 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008/09 | 11 | 1 | 176 | 42 | 17.45 | 27.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 5 | 1 | 90 | 40 | 21.6 | 59.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 66 | 66 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2005/06 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 37 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 2.89 | 27 |
| 2010/11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012/13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2011/12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2010/11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2009/10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 2008/09 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007/08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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