🥈 Thomas Suomalainen (17)
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 13 matches (+1.9)
- ● Body of work — 30 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 7.2 over 18 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
1.0 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.
Only 0.10 catches per match over 30 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Out for 0 in 28% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.3.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 20 balls.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 21 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 69 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.57 for the level played (Rep Div 1 13 · Club 10). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 23 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 3 catches + 3 run outs (2 direct, 1 assisted) in 30 matches — 0.20 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 18 innings at 7.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 34 wickets in 24 matches bowled in (of 30 played) — 1.42 per match at 15.3, economy 4.62, strike rate 19.9.
Fielding — imported matches (30)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 30 imported |
| Batting | 117 runs in 18 inns @ 7.22 (SR 46.25) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 19, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 34 wkts @ 15.32 (econ 4.62, SR 19.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-7 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 ct, 3 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 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 13 | 1 | 81 | 19 | 6.71 | 49.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8* | 6.22 | 34.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 46.81 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 75.8 | 3 | 320 | 26 | 12.31 | 4.22 | 17.5 |
| 2024/25 | 23 | 1 | 109 | 5 | 21.8 | 4.74 | 27.6 |
| 2023/24 | 14 | 0 | 92 | 3 | 30.67 | 6.57 | 28 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
How does Thomas compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.