Michael Harden

Bowling – Opening Bowler SA Balanced scorer
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Registered with: SA Veterans Cricket Association - Representative · Hahndorf Cricket Club · Prospect District Cricket Club · Nairne Cricket Club · Adelaide Cricket Club · Goodwood Cricket Club · Fleurieu & Districts (Gold)
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Overall Needs Work
11/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
28/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Elite
80/100

Representative pathway — 6 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Regional representative — 8 matches (+1.2)
  • ● Body of work — 234 imported matches (+4.7)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 9.8 over 167 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 11% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Fielding
Low overall fielding impact

0.21 dismissals per match across 234 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.

Strengths

  • ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.4.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.96.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 28 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 80 × 30%. 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 33). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 33 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 44 catches + 5 run outs (5 direct, 0 assisted) in 234 matches — 0.21 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 167 innings at 9.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
419 wickets in 230 matches bowled in (of 234 played) — 1.82 per match at 15.4, economy 2.96, strike rate 31.2.

Fielding — imported matches (234)

44
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.19
Catches / match
5
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
49
Total dismissals
0.21
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

1093
Runs (167 inns)
9.76
Avg (adj)
59.89
Strike rate
46
High score
82
Not outs
10
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

419
Wickets (2180.2 ov)
2.96
Economy
15.38
Average
503
Maidens
0.07
Extras / over
31.2
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 234 imported
Batting 1093 runs in 167 inns @ 9.76 (SR 59.89)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 46, 19 ducks
Bowling 419 wkts @ 15.38 (econ 2.96, SR 31.2)
Best / 5WI 6-17 · 12 five-fors
Fielding 44 ct, 5 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 49 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.19
Catches / match
0.21
Dismissals / match

Across 234 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
2026/27 2 1 47 46 35.25 4700 0 0
2025/26 9 5 80 29* 13.83 333.33 0 0
2024/25 7 5 54 18 13.22 103.85 0 0
2023/24 7 3 80 24* 16.33 160 0 0
2022/23 6 2 58 14* 12.89 93.55 0 0
2021/22 11 4 37 16 4.59 86.05 0 0
2020/21 1 1 2 2* 2 22.22 0 0
2019/20 9 2 88 32* 11.95 83.81 0 0
2018/19 6 1 49 14 9.53 90.74 0 0
2017/18 9 5 41 17 7.09 78.85 0 0
2016/17 13 7 99 26* 11.72 147.76 0 0
2015/16 10 7 45 15* 7.65 281.25 0 0
2014/15 11 6 71 35* 9.98 87.65 0 0
2013/14 9 6 43 17* 7.96 81.13 0 0
2012/13 14 7 45 13* 4.82 30.61 0 0
2011/12 9 7 38 13* 7.51 42.7 0 0
2010/11 7 2 31 15 5.69 — 0 0
2009/10 15 6 100 20 9.33 — 0 0
2008/09 12 5 85 18 10.03 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2026/27 17 2 55 8 6.88 3.24 12.8
2025/26 88.8 24 242 26 9.31 2.72 20.5
2024/25 117.8 22 327 36 9.08 2.78 19.6
2023/24 59 12 182 11 16.55 3.08 32.2
2022/23 64 6 266 11 24.18 4.16 34.9
2021/22 86.3 19 251 11 22.82 2.91 47.1
2020/21 2 0 9 1 9 4.5 12
2019/20 92 23 305 12 25.42 3.32 46
2018/19 74.3 15 234 10 23.4 3.15 44.6
2017/18 135.8 28 415 37 11.22 3.06 22
2016/17 144 34 363 29 12.52 2.52 29.8
2015/16 183.3 49 516 40 12.9 2.81 27.5
2014/15 189.7 44 560 41 13.66 2.95 27.8
2013/14 162.3 35 531 31 17.13 3.27 31.4
2012/13 211.5 59 493 21 23.48 2.33 60.4
2011/12 93.5 20 285 19 15 3.05 29.5
2010/11 130 37 345 24 14.38 2.65 32.5
2009/10 151.7 24 602 23 26.17 3.97 39.6
2008/09 177 50 463 28 16.54 2.62 37.9

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2025/26 3 0 0 0 3
2024/25 6 0 1 0 7
2023/24 3 0 0 0 3
2022/23 3 0 1 0 4
2019/20 1 0 0 0 1
2018/19 0 0 1 0 1
2017/18 6 0 0 0 6
2016/17 9 0 0 0 9
2015/16 2 0 0 0 2
2014/15 2 0 0 0 2
2013/14 2 0 0 0 2
2012/13 1 0 0 0 1
2011/12 2 0 2 0 4
2008/09 4 0 0 0 4
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