Michael Thornton
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 86 balls (SR 58), then 50 to 100 in just 41 (SR 122) — more than double the tempo.
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 21 imported matches (+0.4)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 56.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Out for 0 in 10% 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 35 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 17 × 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 18). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 18 matches since 28 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 7 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 21 matches — 0.38 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 19 innings at 22.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 12 wickets in 10 matches bowled in (of 21 played) — 1.20 per match at 22.0, economy 3.62, strike rate 36.5.
Fielding — imported matches (21)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 21 imported |
| Batting | 411 runs in 19 inns @ 22.77 (SR 56.56) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 1×50, HS 117, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 12 wkts @ 22 (econ 3.62, SR 36.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-34 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 7 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 8 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 21 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 | 16 | 1 | 248 | 55 | 16.47 | 50.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 70.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 146 | 117 | 73 | 71.57 | 0 | 1 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 42 | 5 | 164 | 5 | 32.8 | 3.9 | 50.4 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 6.8 | 4.25 | 9.6 |
| 2023/24 | 23 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 33 | 2.87 | 69 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Michael compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.