Michael Houston (31)
Representative pathway — 11 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 17 matches (+6.8)
- ● Regional representative — 23 matches (+3.4)
- ● Body of work — 40 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 9.8 over 28 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
13 of 26 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
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.
Economy of 3.00 is excellent but a wicket every 44 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
0.23 dismissals per match across 40 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.00.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 30 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 54 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.44 for the level played (1st grade 3 · Rep Div 1 17 · 3rd grade 4 · 4th grade 16). 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: 8 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 40 matches — 0.23 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 28 innings at 9.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 15 wickets in 18 matches bowled in (of 40 played) — 0.83 per match at 22.3, economy 3.00, strike rate 44.5.
Fielding — imported matches (40)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 40 imported |
| Batting | 257 runs in 28 inns @ 9.83 (SR 42.2) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 29, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 15 wkts @ 22.27 (econ 3, SR 44.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-27 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 1 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 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 5 | 0 | 66 | 29 | 13.2 | 206.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 14 | 1 | 135 | 21 | 10.33 | 41.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 20* | 6.48 | 77.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 11.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 9.3 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 | 2.04 | 18.7 |
| 2012/13 | 55 | 13 | 131 | 3 | 43.67 | 2.38 | 110 |
| 2011/12 | 28 | 3 | 93 | 6 | 15.5 | 3.32 | 28 |
| 2009/10 | 19 | 1 | 91 | 3 | 30.33 | 4.79 | 38 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
How does Michael compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.