Michael Thornton
Batting – Top-Order Batter
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Competitions
Registered with:
Nursery Ridge Cricket Club · Fire Brigade Cricket Club (Red Cliffs) · Red Cliffs Cricket Association
Overall
Needs Work
16/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Elite
84/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 5 imported matches (+0.1)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 30.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
Too many aerial dismissals
4 of 4 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 6 catches in 5 matches (1.20 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 84 × 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
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 5). 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: 4 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 5 matches — 1.00 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 5 innings at 30.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 0 wickets from 0.7 overs across 1 matches bowled in (of 5 played) — 0.00 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (5)
4
Ct (field)
2
Ct (WK)
1.2
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
7
Total dismissals
1.4
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
127
Runs (5 inns)
30.48
Avg (adj)
30
Strike rate
75
High score
1
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
0
Wickets (0.7 ov)
4.5
Economy
—
Average
0
Maidens
0
Extras / over
—
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 5 imported |
| Batting | 127 runs in 5 inns @ 30.48 (SR 30) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 75, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 0 wkts @ — (econ 4.5, SR —) |
| Best / 5WI | 0-3 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 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.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
1.2
Catches / match
1.4
Dismissals / match
Across 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 5 | 1 | 127 | 75* | 30.48 | 635 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 0.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 4.5 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
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