Michael Dighton

Australia

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

Explore Michael Dighton's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	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

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5w
First-class	71		570	322	6	2/47	2/48	53.66	3.38	95.0	0
List A	99		522	462	15	2/23	2/23	30.80	5.31	34.8	0
T20s	22	6	96	121	9	6/25	6/25	13.44	7.56	10.6	1

Career statistics

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

Recent matches

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

Profile

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.

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