Benjamin Watson (28)
Representative pathway — 8 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 17 matches (+6.8)
- ● Regional representative — 4 matches (+0.6)
- ● Body of work — 29 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 50.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
9 of 15 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 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 6 × 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
- ×0.45 for the level played (1st grade 2 · Rep Div 1 17 · Club 8 · 4th grade 2). 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: 2 catches + 3 stumpings + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 29 matches — 0.17 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 24 innings at 18.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 1 wicket from 6.0 overs across 2 matches bowled in (of 29 played) — 0.03 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (29)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 29 imported |
| Batting | 315 runs in 24 inns @ 18.05 (SR 50.46) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 60, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 1 wkts @ 9 (econ 1.5, SR 36) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-7 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 ct, 0 RO, 3 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 8 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 29 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 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7.78 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 20* | 20.25 | 65.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 28.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 60 | 24 | 41.62 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 10 | 3 | 116 | 54 | 15.08 | 76.82 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 5 | 3 | 69 | 29* | 22.08 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009/10 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1.5 | 36 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011/12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010/11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Benjamin compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.