James McDonald (13)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 58 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 5.2 over 56 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
20 of 35 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.
0.9 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
Only 0.02 catches per match over 58 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.
Out for 0 in 23% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 0 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 52 × 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 28). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 28 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 1 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 58 matches — 0.02 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 56 innings at 5.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 41 wickets in 57 matches bowled in (of 58 played) — 0.72 per match at 15.8, economy 3.70, strike rate 25.6.
Fielding — imported matches (58)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 58 imported |
| Batting | 214 runs in 56 inns @ 5.25 (SR 12.79) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 16, 13 ducks |
| Bowling | 41 wkts @ 15.8 (econ 3.7, SR 25.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-10 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 1 ct, 0 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 1 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1* | 0.89 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 2.08 | 16.9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 6* | 1.74 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 17 | 5 | 128 | 16 | 9.74 | 37.32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 7 | 7.44 | 24.06 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 45 | 5.63 | 48 |
| 2025/26 | 37 | 1 | 161 | 10 | 16.1 | 4.35 | 22.2 |
| 2024/25 | 36 | 3 | 138 | 7 | 19.71 | 3.83 | 30.9 |
| 2023/24 | 59 | 4 | 209 | 14 | 14.93 | 3.54 | 25.3 |
| 2022/23 | 35 | 2 | 95 | 9 | 10.56 | 2.71 | 23.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does James compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.