Thomas Staples
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 35 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 12.2 over 26 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
16 of 21 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.
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.
138% of runs come in boundaries yet the strike rate is modest — between boundaries the scoreboard stalls. Add strike rotation to keep bowlers from settling.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.7.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 30 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 63 × 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 20). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 20 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 11 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 35 matches — 0.34 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 26 innings at 12.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 44 wickets in 31 matches bowled in (of 35 played) — 1.42 per match at 17.7, economy 3.84, strike rate 27.6.
Fielding — imported matches (35)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 35 imported |
| Batting | 267 runs in 26 inns @ 12.24 (SR 45.57) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 69, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 44 wkts @ 17.68 (econ 3.84, SR 27.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-32 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 11 ct, 1 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 12 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 35 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 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 10 | 1 | 79 | 25 | 8.69 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 0 | 148 | 69 | 18.5 | 194.74 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 27* | 8.31 | 45.12 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 14 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 20 | 2.86 | 42 |
| 2025/26 | 106.8 | 21 | 413 | 26 | 15.88 | 3.87 | 24.7 |
| 2024/25 | 57.8 | 7 | 217 | 13 | 16.69 | 3.75 | 26.7 |
| 2022/23 | 24 | 0 | 108 | 3 | 36 | 4.5 | 48 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
How does Thomas compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.