Michael Dighton

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Michael Dighton

Personal information

Full name

Michael Gray Dighton

Born

24 April 1976
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Nickname

Dighta

Height

1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium-fast

Role

Opening batsman

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1997-98 - 2000-01

Western Warriors

2001-present

Tasmanian Tigers (squad no. 3)

2004

Hampshire County Cricket Club

2007

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Career statistics

Competition	FC	LA	T20
Matches	71	77	20
Runs scored	4208	2521	431
Batting average	33.93	34.06	25.35
100s/50s	08/21	3/17	1/0
Top score	182*	146*	111
Balls bowled	570	156	96
Wickets	6	4	9
Bowling average	53.66	31.50	13.44
5 wickets in innings	0	0	1
10 wickets in match	0	0	0
Best bowling	2/47	2/46	6/25
Catches/stumpings	50/–	28/1	5/–

Source:
cricinfo.com, 16 March 2009

Michael Gray Dighton, (born 24 April 1976, at Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He plays club cricket for North Hobart Cricket Club. He is an excellent opening batsman, particularly in One-day cricket, and he played a leading role in the Tigers victorious ING Cup campaign of 2004-05. He is tall, and strong, and adept at hitting out cleverly early in the innings. He bowls occasional leg spin, and is also a capable wicket-keeper. Dighton has failed to recapture the form which saw him score at an average of 55 in 2003 in the Pura Cup, but still retains his place as one-day opener.

Dighton has also played cricket for the Western Warriors where he began his career, Hampshire County Cricket Club, and the Netherlands as an overseas pro. As of June 2007, Dighton has signed for Derbyshire, and are awaiting clearance before playing him in the Twenty20 Cup.^[1]

On 15 November 2008, Dighton scored 34 off 13 balls for the Emirates All*Stars against the Australian National Team in an exhibition Twenty/20 match. He and Adam Gilchrist scored quickly, hitting boundaries and helping the team (specially made for the occasion) on to win. During the fielding innings, he caught a surprising one handed catch in the deep to dismiss Cameron White.

References

↑ Derbyshire to land Dighton

External links

v t e Tasmania squad – 2004/05 ING Cup (2nd title)

MG Bevan TR Birt MG Dighton † MJ Di Venuto DJ Marsh * GJ Bailey LR Butterworth DG Wright SP Kremerskothen XJ Doherty DG Dawson † B Geeves AR Griffith Coach: Brian McFadyen

v t e Tasmania squad – 2006/07 Pura Cup Winners (1st title)

1 DJ Anderson 2 GJ Bailey 3 M Bevan 4 TR Birt 5 LR Butterworth 6 SG Clingeleffer † 7 MG Dighton 8 MJ Di Venuto 9 XJ Doherty 10 BG Drew 11 B Geeves 12 AR Griffith 13 BW Hilfenhaus 14 JJ Krejza 15 DJ Marsh * 16 TD Paine † 17 RT Ponting 18 DG Wright Coach: Tim Coyle

v t e Tasmania squad – 2007–08 Ford Ranger One Day Cup (3rd title)

1 JJ Krejza 2 DJ Anderson 3 MG Dighton 4 DJ Marsh * 5 MJ Di Venuto 6 GJ Denton 8 TD Paine † 10 GJ Bailey 14 RT Ponting 15 A Doolan 16 BW Hilfenhaus 18 LR Butterworth 21 BG Drew 22 AR Griffith 24 XJ Doherty 28 M Divan 63 B Geeves 81 TR Birt NJ Wegman Coach: Tim Coyle Assistant Coach: Allister de Winter

Persondata
Name	Dighton, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Australian cricketer
Date of birth	1976-04-24
Place of birth	Toowoomba, Queensland
Date of death
Place of death

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