Darren Thompson
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 25 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 61.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.08 catches per match over 25 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 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 10 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 37 × 30%. 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 17). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 17 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 2 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 25 matches — 0.08 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 25 innings at 15.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 14 wickets in 22 matches bowled in (of 25 played) — 0.64 per match at 24.4, economy 4.65, strike rate 31.4.
Fielding — imported matches (25)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 25 imported |
| Batting | 295 runs in 25 inns @ 15.58 (SR 61.54) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 33, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 14 wkts @ 24.36 (econ 4.65, SR 31.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-2 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 2 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 2 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 25 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 | 2 | 159 | 33 | 14.11 | 3975 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 21* | 16.13 | 238.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 4 | 93 | 25* | 17.44 | 1033.33 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 32.3 | 0 | 184 | 8 | 23 | 5.69 | 24.3 |
| 2024/25 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 42 |
| 2023/24 | 34 | 0 | 115 | 5 | 23 | 3.38 | 40.8 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Darren compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.