Michael Polson

All-Rounder – Bowling NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Sydney Cricket Club · Bankstown District Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
26/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
33/100
Batting Proficient
40/100
Bowling Proficient
42/100

Representative pathway — 14 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 108 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 13 matches (+1.9)
  • ● Body of work — 121 imported matches (+2.4)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 49.8 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 13% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds

Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (11 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

medium Bowling
Tight but not threatening

Economy of 3.39 is excellent but a wicket every 45 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.

Strengths

  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.39.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 33 × 40% · Batting 40 × 30% · Bowling 42 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.66 for the level played (1st grade 51 · 2nd grade 60 · 4th grade 9 · 5th grade and below 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
Fielding
Outfield: 38 catches + 6 run outs (6 direct, 0 assisted) in 121 matches — 0.36 per match.
Batting
2,084 runs in 109 innings, adjusted average 22.5, strike rate 49.8. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
127 wickets in 105 matches bowled in (of 121 played) — 1.21 per match at 25.3, economy 3.39, strike rate 44.8.

Fielding — imported matches (121)

38
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.31
Catches / match
6
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
44
Total dismissals
0.36
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

2084
Runs (109 inns)
22.45
Avg (adj)
49.75
Strike rate
94
High score
19
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

127
Wickets (947.8 ov)
3.39
Economy
25.29
Average
177
Maidens
0.03
Extras / over
44.8
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 121 imported
Batting 2084 runs in 109 inns @ 22.45 (SR 49.75)
Milestones 0×100, 11×50, HS 94, 14 ducks
Bowling 127 wkts @ 25.29 (econ 3.39, SR 44.8)
Best / 5WI 5-18 · 3 five-fors
Fielding 38 ct, 6 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 44 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.31
Catches / match
0.36
Dismissals / match

Across 121 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
2016/17 1 0 34 34 34 — 0 0
2012/13 20 5 405 66 25.31 55.48 2 0
2011/12 18 2 235 55 14.51 38.84 1 0
2010/11 18 6 381 74 28.22 56.7 3 0
2009/10 16 4 330 86 25.78 91.67 2 0
2008/09 7 0 98 29 14 — 0 0
2007/08 17 2 424 94 27.88 — 2 0
2006/07 12 0 177 51 14.75 — 1 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2016/17 7 2 17 0 — 2.43 —
2012/13 175.2 44 564 26 21.69 3.22 40.4
2011/12 132 16 495 17 29.12 3.75 46.6
2010/11 126 6 516 16 32.25 4.1 47.3
2009/10 193.7 36 601 29 20.72 3.1 40.1
2008/09 65.7 16 266 5 53.2 4.05 78.8
2007/08 119.8 29 347 15 23.13 2.9 47.9
2006/07 128.5 28 406 19 21.37 3.16 40.6

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2012/13 6 0 1 0 7
2011/12 6 0 2 0 8
2010/11 7 0 2 0 9
2009/10 3 0 1 0 4
2008/09 4 0 0 0 4
2007/08 9 0 0 0 9
2006/07 3 0 0 0 3
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