Michael Blain
Batting – Opening Batter
VIC
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🏏 Century highlight
123* off 212
GCA 1 2nds · 2018/19 · 17×4, 0×6
· SR 58
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Overall
Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
23/100
Batting
Advance
71/100
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 49 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 42.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Strengths
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 2 hundred(s), best of 123.
- ✓ Safe hands — 17 catches in 49 matches (0.35 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 23 × 40% · Batting 71 × 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 49). 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
- Outfield: 8 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 49 matches — 0.18 per match.
- Batting
- 1,240 runs in 51 innings, adjusted average 27.2, strike rate 42.5. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 1 wicket from 8.0 overs across 3 matches bowled in (of 49 played) — 0.02 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (49)
8
Ct (field)
9
Ct (WK)
0.35
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
1
Stumpings
19
Total dismissals
0.39
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1240
Runs (51 inns)
27.17
Avg (adj)
42.49
Strike rate
123
High score
6
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
1
Wickets (8 ov)
4.25
Economy
34
Average
0
Maidens
0
Extras / over
48
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 49 imported |
| Batting | 1240 runs in 51 inns @ 27.17 (SR 42.49) |
| Milestones | 2×100, 8×50, HS 123, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 1 wkts @ 34 (econ 4.25, SR 48) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-8 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 17 ct, 1 RO, 1 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 19 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.35
Catches / match
0.39
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 3 | 1 | 211 | 123* | 93.78 | 53.69 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 12 | 3 | 386 | 105* | 40.21 | 69.68 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 10 | 0 | 202 | 61 | 20.2 | 47.2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 9 | 0 | 107 | 36 | 11.89 | 25.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 6 | 0 | 129 | 52 | 21.5 | 51.81 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 10 | 1 | 195 | 52 | 21.45 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10* | 10 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 4.67 | — |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 12 | — |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016/17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015/16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014/15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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