Matthew James
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 71 imported matches (+1.4)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 6.3 over 31 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
12 of 22 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.
Out for 0 in 13% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
1.17 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 83 catches in 71 matches (1.17 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- ✓ Sharp glovework — 25 stumpings.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 94 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). 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 71). 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
- Keeping: 82 catches + 25 stumpings + 5 run outs (5 direct, 0 assisted) in 71 matches — 1.58 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 31 innings at 6.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Fielding — imported matches (71)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 71 imported |
| Batting | 152 runs in 31 inns @ 6.33 (SR 52.97) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 16, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 0 wkts @ — (econ —, SR —) |
| Best / 5WI | — · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 83 ct, 5 RO, 25 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.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 113 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 16 | 6.79 | 72.46 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 11* | 3.75 | 35.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 7.35 | 45.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 16 | 6.57 | 328.57 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 39 |
| 2019/20 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 28 |
| 2018/19 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 29 |
How does Matthew compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.