James Francis (23)
Batting – Middle-Order Batter
U12 (2014/15)
VIC
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Caulfield Cricket Club · Melbourne Cricket Club · Glen Iris Cricket Club · Ashwood Cricket Club · Malvern Cricket Club · Oakleigh Cricket Club · Ormond Cricket Club · Williamstown and District Cricket Association · Mercantile Cricket Association · Eastern Cricket Association
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2002
(inferred from U12 eligibility, 2014/15 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2018/19 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
5/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
6/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Established
~21/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 5 matches (+2.0)
- ● Body of work — 56 imported matches (+1.1)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 11.1 over 49 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
high
Fielding
Catching return too low for selection
Only 0.02 catches per match over 56 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 6 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 21 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.33 for the level played (1st grade 1 · Club 51 · 4th grade 4). 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: 0 catches + 4 run outs (4 direct, 0 assisted) in 56 matches — 0.07 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 49 innings at 11.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 28 wickets in 45 matches bowled in (of 56 played) — 0.62 per match at 19.1, economy 2.99, strike rate 38.4.
Fielding — imported matches (56)
0
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.02
Catches / match
4
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
5
Total dismissals
0.09
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
393
Runs (49 inns)
11.13
Avg (adj)
41.5
Strike rate
37
High score
19
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
28
Wickets (179 ov)
2.99
Economy
19.11
Average
27
Maidens
0.25
Extras / over
38.4
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 56 imported |
| Batting | 393 runs in 49 inns @ 11.13 (SR 41.5) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 37, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 28 wkts @ 19.11 (econ 2.99, SR 38.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-9 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 1 ct, 4 RO, 0 st |
All figures from imported scorecards only.
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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.02
Catches / match
0.09
Dismissals / match
Across 56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9 | 0 | 116 | 25 | 12.89 | 40.99 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 1 | 63 | 32* | 12.25 | 53.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 1 | 54 | 37 | 16.88 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 6.44 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 7* | 3.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 15 | 13 | 103 | 12* | 12.82 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 28 | 2 | 130 | 1 | 130 | 4.64 | 168 |
| 2020/21 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 2.25 | 24 |
| 2018/19 | 22 | 0 | 92 | 4 | 23 | 4.18 | 33 |
| 2017/18 | 40 | 8 | 99 | 7 | 14.14 | 2.48 | 34.3 |
| 2016/17 | 15 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 52 | 3.47 | 90 |
| 2015/16 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 3.86 | 42 |
| 2014/15 | 31 | 4 | 74 | 4 | 18.5 | 2.39 | 46.5 |
| 2013/14 | 28 | 9 | 43 | 8 | 5.38 | 1.54 | 21 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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