Thomas Polkinghorne (25)
Batting – Top-Order Batter
U14 (2014/15)
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Burwood Uniting Canterbury Cricket Club · Box Hill Cricket Club · Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club · Old Scotch Cricket Club · Glen Iris Cricket Club · Malvern Cricket Club · Balwyn Cricket Club · Metropolitan Inner East · Eastern Cricket Association
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2000
(inferred from U14 eligibility, 2014/15 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2016/17 (ages out of U16 after this)
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
100* off 146
South East 2nd XI · 2023/24 · 6×4, 0×6
· SR 68
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 98 balls (SR 51), then 50 to 100 in just 48 (SR 104) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
24 of 100 runs (24%) in boundaries · 57% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 43 balls · SR 47
watchful
20→40
· 42 balls · SR 48
watchful
40→50
· 13 balls · SR 77
watchful
50→60
· 6 balls · SR 167
brisk
60→80
· 25 balls · SR 80
watchful
80→100
· 17 balls · SR 118
steady
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
25/100
Batting
Proficient
58/100
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 113 imported matches (+2.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 64.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 11% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 2 hundred(s), best of 100.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 25 × 40% · Batting 58 × 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 27). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 27 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 36 catches + 4 run outs (3 direct, 1 assisted) in 113 matches — 0.35 per match.
- Batting
- 1,753 runs in 99 innings, adjusted average 22.4, strike rate 64.5. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 56 wickets from 329.3 overs across 59 matches bowled in (of 113 played) — 0.95 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (113)
36
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.32
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
40
Total dismissals
0.35
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1753
Runs (99 inns)
22.36
Avg (adj)
64.53
Strike rate
100
High score
26
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
56
Wickets (329.3 ov)
3.36
Economy
19.73
Average
44
Maidens
0.23
Extras / over
35.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 113 imported |
| Batting | 1753 runs in 99 inns @ 22.36 (SR 64.53) |
| Milestones | 2×100, 6×50, HS 100, 11 ducks |
| Bowling | 56 wkts @ 19.73 (econ 3.36, SR 35.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-16 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 36 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 40 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.32
Catches / match
0.35
Dismissals / match
Across 113 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 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 13 | 5 | 306 | 100* | 32.59 | 74.27 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 11 | 0 | 256 | 67 | 23.27 | 63.37 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 17 | 3 | 466 | 100* | 32.25 | 71.8 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 28 | 22.67 | 86.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 78.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 14 | 3 | 152 | 72* | 13.18 | 460.61 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 11 | 5 | 148 | 50* | 19.57 | 98.01 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 19 | 15.12 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 6 | 2 | 55 | 22* | 12.22 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 9 | 4 | 178 | 61* | 28.57 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 8.3 | 0 | 56 | 0 | — | 6.72 | — |
| 2023/24 | 12 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 23 | 3.83 | 36 |
| 2021/22 | 13 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 29.5 | 4.54 | 39 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 0 | — | 6.5 | — |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 18 |
| 2018/19 | 64.7 | 11 | 169 | 14 | 12.07 | 2.61 | 27.7 |
| 2017/18 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | 4.67 | — |
| 2016/17 | 61.2 | 14 | 159 | 14 | 11.36 | 2.6 | 26.2 |
| 2015/16 | 39 | 6 | 128 | 9 | 14.22 | 3.28 | 26 |
| 2014/15 | 43 | 3 | 136 | 3 | 45.33 | 3.16 | 86 |
| 2013/14 | 64 | 5 | 241 | 8 | 30.13 | 3.77 | 48 |
| 2012/13 | 3.8 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 6.5 | 3.39 | 11.5 |
| 2011/12 | 5.3 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2013/14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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