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Full name Michael Gray Dighton
Born April 24, 1976, Toowoomba, Queensland
Current age 32 years 73 days
Major teams Netherlands,Derbyshire,Hampshire,Tasmania,Western Australia
Nickname Dighta
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper
Height
1.93 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
68
124
6
4163
182*
35.27
8
21
49
0
List A
67
66
2
2118
146*
33.09
3
13
24
1
Twenty20
15
15
3
359
111
29.91
245
146.53
1
0
45
10
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
68
570
322
6
2/47
2/48
53.66
3.38
95.0
0
0
0
List A
67
156
126
4
2/46
2/46
31.50
4.84
39.0
0
0
0
Twenty20
15
6
96
121
9
6/25
6/25
13.44
7.56
10.6
0
1
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
1997/98
Last First-class
Tasmania v Victoria at Hobart, Dec 10-12, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1997/98
Last List A
Tasmania v Victoria at Hobart, Feb 23, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Queensland v Tasmania at Toowoomba, Jan 1, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Queensland v Tasmania at Brisbane, Jan 10, 2008 scorecard
Profile
The retirement of Michael Bevan opened a door for Michael Dighton, who was dropped from Tasmania's first-class team in 2004-05 and was overlooked until last December. Dighton slotted into Bevan's No. 3 position and a solid double of 126 and 65 not out in a win against Queensland confirmed his place. He added another century, finished with 723 runs at 48.2 and was part of Tasmania's first Pura Cup-winning side. He could not hold his one-day spot but had two extraordinary Twenty20 outings. Against Queensland, his slow bowling that had barely been seen in a decade earned Dighton 6 for 25 and at Sydney's Telstra Stadium he blasted the competition's first century - 111 from 56 balls. Dighton came to prominence when he racked up 944 Pura Cup runs at 55 in 2003-04 and the next year he made a half-century in Tasmania's drought-breaking ING Cup triumph. A tall, dominating top-order batsman who is prepared to use his muscle, Dighton started his career with Western Australia before moving to Tasmania in the lead-up to the 2001-02 season. An occasional wicketkeeper, Dighton was a talented junior who served as Western Australia's Under-17 and Under-19 captain and attended the Academy in 1996. Cricinfo staff July 2007
