Michael Sampson
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 65 imported matches (+1.3)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 55.7 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
41 of 74 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 20% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (8 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
0.15 dismissals per match across 65 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 16 × 40% · Batting 45 × 30% · 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 16). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 16 matches since 30 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 10 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 65 matches — 0.15 per match.
- Batting
- 1,316 runs in 80 innings, adjusted average 17.7, strike rate 55.7. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 38 wickets from 160.5 overs across 34 matches bowled in (of 65 played) — 1.12 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (65)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 65 imported |
| Batting | 1316 runs in 80 inns @ 17.68 (SR 55.73) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 8×50, HS 77, 16 ducks |
| Bowling | 38 wkts @ 17.87 (econ 4.23, SR 25.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-9 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 10 ct, 0 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 10 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 25* | 18.13 | 53.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 15 | 1 | 240 | 73 | 17.07 | 56.34 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 156 | 67 | 39 | 135.65 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 15 | 3 | 335 | 77* | 26.8 | 881.58 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 33 | 11.75 | 37.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 9 | 0 | 113 | 54 | 12.56 | 1614.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 15 | 0 | 61 | 23 | 4.07 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 9 | 1 | 213 | 77 | 26.3 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 15.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 60 | 31 | — | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 4.33 | — |
| 2025/26 | 8 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | 79 | 11 | 270 | 12 | 22.5 | 3.42 | 39.5 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 18 |
| 2021/22 | 37.5 | 2 | 140 | 15 | 9.33 | 3.73 | 15 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 0 | — | 13.6 | — |
| 2018/19 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 2.1 | 20 |
| 2015/16 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 | 5.57 | 42 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Michael compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.