James Barns
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 4 matches (+1.6)
- ● Regional representative — 9 matches (+1.3)
- ● Body of work — 27 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 12.0 over 26 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Out for 0 in 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.83 is excellent but a wicket every 41 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
0.15 dismissals per match across 27 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 17 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 47 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.34 for the level played (2nd grade 4 · 3rd grade 9 · Club 14). 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 + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 27 matches — 0.15 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 26 innings at 12.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 36 wickets in 25 matches bowled in (of 27 played) — 1.44 per match at 26.2, economy 3.83, strike rate 41.1.
Fielding — imported matches (27)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 27 imported |
| Batting | 245 runs in 26 inns @ 11.96 (SR 59.02) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 31, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 36 wkts @ 26.19 (econ 3.83, SR 41.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-36 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 4 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 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 6 | 2 | 69 | 29 | 15.33 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 21 | 8.88 | 1233.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 8 | 2 | 69 | 31* | 10.78 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 28* | 26.67 | 1200 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 52.3 | 4 | 217 | 6 | 36.17 | 4.15 | 52.3 |
| 2016/17 | 49.7 | 10 | 136 | 11 | 12.36 | 2.74 | 27.1 |
| 2014/15 | 21.5 | 0 | 155 | 4 | 38.75 | 7.21 | 32.3 |
| 2011/12 | 29 | 2 | 83 | 1 | 83 | 2.86 | 174 |
| 2009/10 | 48 | 9 | 199 | 8 | 24.88 | 4.15 | 36 |
| 2008/09 | 46 | 8 | 153 | 6 | 25.5 | 3.33 | 46 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How does James compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.