Dale Thornton
Bowling – Opening Bowler
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Veterans Cricket VIC Representative Teams · Gisborne Cricket Club · Rupertswood Cricket Club · Rupertswood Macedon Ranges Masters Cricket Club · Cricket Australia Masters · Veterans Cricket Victoria
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
34/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Strong
~30/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 15 matches (+2.2)
- ● Body of work — 36 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
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.
medium
Bowling
Tight but not threatening
Economy of 3.43 is excellent but a wicket every 63 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 13 catches in 36 matches (0.36 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 34 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 30 × 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 15). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 15 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 13 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 36 matches — 0.36 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 28 innings at 18.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 19 wickets in 35 matches bowled in (of 36 played) — 0.54 per match at 36.0, economy 3.43, strike rate 62.8.
Fielding — imported matches (36)
13
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.36
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
13
Total dismissals
0.36
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
392
Runs (28 inns)
18.5
Avg (adj)
70.53
Strike rate
40
High score
9
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
19
Wickets (199 ov)
3.43
Economy
35.95
Average
21
Maidens
0.26
Extras / over
62.8
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 36 imported |
| Batting | 392 runs in 28 inns @ 18.5 (SR 70.53) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 40, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 19 wkts @ 35.95 (econ 3.43, SR 62.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-11 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 13 ct, 0 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 13 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.36
Catches / match
0.36
Dismissals / match
Across 36 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 | 8 | 3 | 110 | 34* | 18.91 | 67.9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 9.75 | 66.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 8.5 | 48.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13* | 13 | 43.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 29* | 16.8 | 95.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 3 | 83 | 40* | 20.75 | 82.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 35 | 45 | 72.29 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | — | 4.5 | — |
| 2025/26 | 57 | 3 | 201 | 6 | 33.5 | 3.53 | 57 |
| 2024/25 | 33 | 6 | 134 | 4 | 33.5 | 4.06 | 49.5 |
| 2022/23 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 32 | 3.2 | 60 |
| 2021/22 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 2.57 | 21 |
| 2020/21 | 28 | 3 | 76 | 2 | 38 | 2.71 | 84 |
| 2019/20 | 46 | 5 | 161 | 3 | 53.67 | 3.5 | 92 |
| 2018/19 | 14 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 43 | 3.07 | 84 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019/20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Pathway benchmark
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