Luke James
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 27 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 57.9 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.04 catches per match over 27 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.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (4 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.21.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 8 × 40% · Batting 55 × 30% · Bowling 53 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 25). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 25 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 1 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 27 matches — 0.07 per match.
- Batting
- 627 runs in 26 innings, adjusted average 26.9, strike rate 57.9. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 11 wickets in 12 matches bowled in (of 27 played) — 0.92 per match at 20.7, economy 3.21, strike rate 38.7.
Fielding — imported matches (27)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 27 imported |
| Batting | 627 runs in 26 inns @ 26.9 (SR 57.91) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 83, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 11 wkts @ 20.73 (econ 3.21, SR 38.7) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-18 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 1 ct, 1 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 2 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 15 | 2 | 331 | 57* | 25.01 | 90.19 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 9 | 1 | 274 | 83 | 33.83 | 57.44 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 46.81 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 49 | 7 | 151 | 9 | 16.78 | 3.08 | 32.7 |
| 2024/25 | 16 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 60 | 3.75 | 96 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 2.83 | 36 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Luke compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.