Thomas Cootes (15)
Representative pathway — 8 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 17 matches (+6.8)
- ● Body of work — 59 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 55.3 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
37 of 50 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 10% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (8 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 22 catches in 59 matches (0.37 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 22 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.58 for the level played (State competition 4 · Rep Div 1 13 · Club 14). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 31 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 22 catches + 4 run outs (1 direct, 3 assisted) in 59 matches — 0.44 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 57 innings at 22.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 2 wickets from 11.7 overs across 5 matches bowled in (of 59 played) — 0.03 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (59)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 59 imported |
| Batting | 1159 runs in 57 inns @ 22.83 (SR 55.33) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 8×50, HS 87, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 2 wkts @ 19.5 (econ 3.34, SR 35) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-3 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 22 ct, 4 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 26 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 59 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 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 46.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 16 | 3 | 280 | 55 | 20.78 | 56.34 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 1 | 133 | 63 | 18.7 | 63.03 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 18 | 1 | 476 | 87 | 27.91 | 64.76 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 12 | 2 | 264 | 67* | 25.67 | 61.54 | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1.8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 4.36 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 5.5 | — |
| 2022/23 | 7.8 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 2.55 | 47 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
How does Thomas compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.