Thomas Birch (18)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 2 matches (+0.8)
- ● Body of work — 8 imported matches (+0.2)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 3.9 over 8 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
5 of 7 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 50% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
71% 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
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 58 × 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
- ×0.41 for the level played (Rep Div 1 2 · Club 6). 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: 3 catches + 2 run outs (1 direct, 1 assisted) in 8 matches — 0.62 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 8 innings at 3.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 3 wickets from 13.0 overs across 5 matches bowled in (of 8 played) — 0.60 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (8)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 8 imported |
| Batting | 28 runs in 8 inns @ 3.94 (SR 42.42) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 15, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 3 wkts @ 13 (econ 3, SR 26) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-6 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 ct, 2 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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 4.57 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 12 |
| 2022/23 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 12.5 | 2.27 | 33 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
How does Thomas compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.