Full name Michael Gray Dighton
Born April 24, 1976, Toowoomba, Queensland
Current age 41 years 363 days
Major teams Netherlands, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Tasmania, Western Australia
Nickname Dighta
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper
Height 1.93 m
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 71 | 130 | 6 | 4208 | 182* | 33.93 | 8 | 21 | 50 | 0 | ||||
List A | 99 | 98 | 3 | 3190 | 146* | 33.57 | 4 | 23 | 34 | 1 | ||||
T20s ![]() |
22 | 22 | 3 | 455 | 111 | 23.94 | 330 | 137.87 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 71 | 570 | 322 | 6 | 2/47 | 2/48 | 53.66 | 3.38 | 95.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
List A | 99 | 522 | 462 | 15 | 2/23 | 2/23 | 30.80 | 5.31 | 34.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
T20s ![]() |
22 | 6 | 96 | 121 | 9 | 6/25 | 6/25 | 13.44 | 7.56 | 10.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
First-class debut | 1997/98 |
Last First-class | Victoria v Tasmania at Melbourne, Nov 15-18, 2008 scorecard |
List A debut | 1997/98 |
Last List A | Gloucestershire v Netherlands at Bristol, Aug 30, 2010 scorecard |
T20s debut | Queensland v Tasmania at Toowoomba, Jan 1, 2007 scorecard |
Last T20s | South Australia v Tasmania at Adelaide, Jan 12, 2010 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Tas U23s | v WA U23s | Melbourne | 23 Dec 2010 | Other T20 |
61, 0/6 | Tas U23s | v NSW U23s | Melbourne | 22 Dec 2010 | Other T20 |
24 | Tas U23s | v ACT | Melbourne | 20 Dec 2010 | Other T20 |
51, 0/36 | Netherlands | v Gloucs | Bristol | 30 Aug 2010 | LA |
6 | Netherlands | v Essex | Chelmsford | 29 Aug 2010 | LA |
0/18, 3 | Netherlands | v Gloucs | Rotterdam | 26 Aug 2010 | LA |
2/23, 13 | Netherlands | v Northants | Rotterdam | 22 Aug 2010 | LA |
14, 0/16 | Netherlands | v Yorkshire | Schiedam | 1 Aug 2010 | LA |
16, 2/33 | Netherlands | v Derbyshire | Schiedam | 30 Jul 2010 | LA |
2/27, 0 | Netherlands | v Northants | Northampton | 31 May 2010 | LA |
Michael Dighton has been the barometer for Tasmania over the past two seasons. He had an outstanding Pura Cup campaign in 2006-07 and the state won its first title; his one-day form was brilliant in 2007-08 and the Tigers collected the FR Cup. He then translated his success in the Twenty20 format, and to reach the record for the highest Twenty20 score in Australian domestic cricket as well as the best bowling figures. He was signed by Netherlands as their overseas player in April 2010.