Matthew Thomas
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Sturt Cricket Club · Westminster Old Scholars Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
15/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Elite
81/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
68/100
Representative pathway — 5 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 1 match (+0.4)
- ● Regional representative — 27 matches (+4.0)
- ● Body of work — 49 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 12.7 over 30 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 13% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.61 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 14.2.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.37.
- ✓ Safe hands — 30 catches in 49 matches (0.61 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 81 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 68 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.32 for the level played (2nd grade 1 · 3rd grade 5 · 4th grade 22). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 28 matches since 30 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 30 catches + 6 run outs (3 direct, 3 assisted) in 49 matches — 0.73 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 30 innings at 12.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 91 wickets in 45 matches bowled in (of 49 played) — 2.02 per match at 14.2, economy 3.37, strike rate 25.2.
Fielding — imported matches (49)
30
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.61
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
3
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
36
Total dismissals
0.73
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
310
Runs (30 inns)
12.74
Avg (adj)
81.76
Strike rate
33
High score
7
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
91
Wickets (382.8 ov)
3.37
Economy
14.2
Average
57
Maidens
0.07
Extras / over
25.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 49 imported |
| Batting | 310 runs in 30 inns @ 12.74 (SR 81.76) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 33, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 91 wkts @ 14.2 (econ 3.37, SR 25.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-43 · 3 five-fors |
| Fielding | 30 ct, 6 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 36 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.61
Catches / match
0.73
Dismissals / match
Across 49 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 10 | 1 | 123 | 30* | 13.53 | 123 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 9 | 0 | 101 | 30 | 11.22 | 121.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 5 | 83 | 33* | 16.86 | 65.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.25 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 5.4 | 3.38 | 9.6 |
| 2025/26 | 108 | 14 | 357 | 33 | 10.82 | 3.31 | 19.6 |
| 2024/25 | 109 | 4 | 457 | 18 | 25.39 | 4.19 | 36.3 |
| 2023/24 | 148.8 | 35 | 412 | 33 | 12.48 | 2.77 | 27.1 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 19.5 | 4.33 | 27 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025/26 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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