🏅 James Tsakalos (22)
Representative pathway — 25 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● State representation (+12)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● National championships — 5 matches (+7.5)
- ● Regional representative — 2 matches (+0.3)
- ● Body of work — 35 imported matches (+0.7)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 5.9 over 12 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Going at 5.74 an over. Tighten the stock ball: hit a consistent length, cut out the 4-ball (short and wide / overpitched on the pads).
Only 0.11 catches per match over 35 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 25% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.7.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 18 balls.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 16 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 49 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.61 for the level played (National competition 5 · 1st grade 2 · Club 28). 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 + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 35 matches — 0.17 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 12 innings at 5.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 38 wickets in 31 matches bowled in (of 35 played) — 1.23 per match at 16.7, economy 5.74, strike rate 17.5.
Fielding — imported matches (35)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 35 imported |
| Batting | 53 runs in 12 inns @ 5.89 (SR 60.38) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 16, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 38 wkts @ 16.74 (econ 5.74, SR 17.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-20 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 4 ct, 2 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 6 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 35 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 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16* | 9 | 85.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 7.5 | 166.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8* | 6 | 57.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3.75 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14 | 0 | 111 | 4 | 27.75 | 7.93 | 21 |
| 2021/22 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | 11.8 | 0 | 92 | 3 | 30.67 | 7.77 | 23.7 |
| 2019/20 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 43 | 7.17 | 36 |
| 2018/19 | 29 | 4 | 156 | 7 | 22.29 | 5.38 | 24.9 |
| 2017/18 | 18 | 1 | 96 | 7 | 13.71 | 5.33 | 15.4 |
| 2016/17 | 18 | 0 | 83 | 9 | 9.22 | 4.61 | 12 |
| 2014/15 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 7.75 | 3.88 | 12 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
How does James compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.