Michael French
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
WA
Anchor / accumulator
📈 Journey
📊 Rankings
🎥 Video
56
Merge duplicate records
Search for this player's other accounts and combine them into one player. Records that share a match can never be merged.
Likely same player — one-click merge
play.cricket
Michael French
WA · 122 matches ·
100% match
Or search manually:
No players found — check the spelling, or try part of the name.
Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Mount Lawley D Cricket Club · High Wycombe Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
24/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
27/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
38/100
Representative pathway — 11 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 34 matches (+10.0)
- ● Body of work — 61 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 13.7 over 40 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 27 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 38 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.79 for the level played (1st grade 28 · 2nd grade 6 · Club 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 35 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 16 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 61 matches — 0.28 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 40 innings at 13.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 48 wickets in 51 matches bowled in (of 61 played) — 0.94 per match at 32.8, economy 4.85, strike rate 40.5.
Fielding — imported matches (61)
16
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.26
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
17
Total dismissals
0.28
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
499
Runs (40 inns)
13.72
Avg (adj)
50.58
Strike rate
53
High score
4
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
48
Wickets (324.3 ov)
4.85
Economy
32.75
Average
24
Maidens
0.08
Extras / over
40.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 61 imported |
| Batting | 499 runs in 40 inns @ 13.72 (SR 50.58) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 53, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 48 wkts @ 32.75 (econ 4.85, SR 40.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-13 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 16 ct, 1 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 17 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.26
Catches / match
0.28
Dismissals / match
Across 61 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 | 11 | 1 | 76 | 17 | 7.54 | 59.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 10 | 2 | 114 | 32 | 13.68 | 39.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 19 | 1 | 309 | 53 | 17.12 | 56.91 | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 103 | 15 | 453 | 13 | 34.85 | 4.4 | 47.5 |
| 2024/25 | 97.3 | 2 | 480 | 16 | 30 | 4.93 | 36.5 |
| 2023/24 | 124 | 7 | 639 | 19 | 33.63 | 5.15 | 39.2 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Pathway benchmark
How does Michael compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.