Sam Thurston (21)
Batting – Top-Order Batter
U13 (2017/18)
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Burwood Cricket Club · Salesian Old Boys Cricket Club · St Pauls Cricket Club · Ashwood Cricket Club · Mt Waverley Cricket Club · Mt Waverley Mayfield Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2004
(inferred from U13 eligibility, 2017/18 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2020/21 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
5/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
23/100
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 — 22 imported matches (+0.4)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 56.1 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 14% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Sharp glovework — 7 stumpings.
- ✓ Reliable in the field — contributes a dismissal every second match.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 23 × 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 22). 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
- Keeping: 7 catches + 7 stumpings + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 22 matches — 0.68 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 21 innings at 17.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 2 wickets from 26.0 overs across 10 matches bowled in (of 22 played) — 0.20 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (22)
0
Ct (field)
7
Ct (WK)
0.32
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
7
Stumpings
15
Total dismissals
0.68
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
294
Runs (21 inns)
17.33
Avg (adj)
56.14
Strike rate
32
High score
5
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
2
Wickets (26 ov)
6.31
Economy
82
Average
1
Maidens
0.58
Extras / over
78
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 22 imported |
| Batting | 294 runs in 21 inns @ 17.33 (SR 56.14) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 32, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 2 wkts @ 82 (econ 6.31, SR 78) |
| Best / 5WI | 1-11 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 7 ct, 1 RO, 7 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 15 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.32
Catches / match
0.68
Dismissals / match
Across 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 16 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 19 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 9.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 10 | 4 | 192 | 32 | 26.88 | 54.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11* | 4.38 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 9 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 74 | 8.22 | 54 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 4.33 | — |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | 7 | — |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 4.67 | — |
| 2014/15 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 42 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016/17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014/15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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