🥈 James Boots
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 7 matches (+1.1)
- ● Body of work — 14 imported matches (+0.3)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 57.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
4 of 8 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Out for 0 in 20% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.31.
- ✓ Safe hands — 5 catches in 14 matches (0.36 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 50 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 55 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.55 for the level played (Rep Div 1 7 · Club 7). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 4 catches + 4 run outs (3 direct, 1 assisted) in 14 matches — 0.57 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 10 innings at 19.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 9 wickets in 8 matches bowled in (of 14 played) — 1.12 per match at 19.9, economy 3.31, strike rate 36.0.
Fielding — imported matches (14)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 14 imported |
| Batting | 166 runs in 10 inns @ 19.92 (SR 57.44) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 40, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 9 wkts @ 19.89 (econ 3.31, SR 36) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-15 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 ct, 4 RO, 0 st |
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 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 9 | 2 | 128 | 40 | 17.38 | 53.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 77.55 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 54 | 3 | 179 | 9 | 19.89 | 3.31 | 36 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
How does James compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.