🏅🛡️ Thomas Balkin (22)
Bowling – Opening Bowler
QLD
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Brisbane Heat · Toombul District Cricket Club · Toombul District CC · QLD
Overall
Advance
57/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
22/100
Batting
Proficient
38/100
Bowling
Proficient
51/100
Representative pathway — 39 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● State representation (+12)
- ● First-class, BBL or international — 10 matches (+16.0)
- ● National championships — 4 matches (+6.0)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 9 matches (+3.6)
- ● Body of work — 60 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 41.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.23 dismissals per match across 60 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 22 × 40% · Batting 38 × 30% · Bowling 51 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.92 for the level played (National competition 14 · 1st grade 9 · Club 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 24 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 14 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 60 matches — 0.23 per match.
- Batting
- 449 runs in 33 innings, adjusted average 18.6, strike rate 41.6. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 95 wickets in 53 matches bowled in (of 60 played) — 1.79 per match at 24.3, economy 4.14, strike rate 35.2.
Fielding — imported matches (60)
14
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.23
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
14
Total dismissals
0.23
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
449
Runs (33 inns)
18.55
Avg (adj)
41.64
Strike rate
46
High score
12
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
95
Wickets (557.3 ov)
4.14
Economy
24.28
Average
91
Maidens
0.22
Extras / over
35.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 60 imported |
| Batting | 449 runs in 33 inns @ 18.55 (SR 41.64) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 46, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 95 wkts @ 24.28 (econ 4.14, SR 35.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-48 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 14 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 14 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.23
Catches / match
0.23
Dismissals / match
Across 60 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 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 9* | 6.39 | 58.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 10 | 4 | 197 | 46 | 27.58 | 39.32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 15 | 3 | 223 | 37* | 17.84 | 43.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4.5 | 85.71 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 52.8 | 5 | 267 | 10 | 26.7 | 5.05 | 31.7 |
| 2024/25 | 232.2 | 45 | 855 | 30 | 28.5 | 3.68 | 46.4 |
| 2023/24 | 259.5 | 41 | 1,086 | 48 | 22.63 | 4.18 | 32.4 |
| 2022/23 | 12.8 | 0 | 99 | 7 | 14.14 | 7.71 | 11 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
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