James Francis
Batting – Top-Order Batter
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Melbourne Cricket Club · Oakleigh Cricket Club · Prahran Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
14/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
40/100
Batting
Proficient
58/100
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 11 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 28 matches (+10.0)
- ● Body of work — 69 imported matches (+1.4)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (7 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 40 × 40% · Batting 58 × 30% · 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
- ×0.33 for the level played (3rd grade 12 · Club 18 · 4th grade 16). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 46 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 22 catches + 2 run outs (1 direct, 1 assisted) in 69 matches — 0.35 per match.
- Batting
- 1,511 runs in 61 innings, adjusted average 28.8, strike rate 65.0. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 19 wickets from 93.8 overs across 16 matches bowled in (of 69 played) — 0.28 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (69)
22
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.32
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
24
Total dismissals
0.35
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1511
Runs (61 inns)
28.83
Avg (adj)
65.02
Strike rate
97
High score
10
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
19
Wickets (93.8 ov)
3.92
Economy
19.37
Average
13
Maidens
0.05
Extras / over
29.6
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 69 imported |
| Batting | 1511 runs in 61 inns @ 28.83 (SR 65.02) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 7×50, HS 97, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 19 wkts @ 19.37 (econ 3.92, SR 29.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-25 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 22 ct, 2 RO, 0 st |
All figures from imported scorecards only.
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 24 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.32
Catches / match
0.35
Dismissals / match
Across 69 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 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 37.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 25 | 4 | 719 | 93* | 33.36 | 71.97 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 24 | 3 | 567 | 97* | 26.58 | 60.26 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 10 | 3 | 199 | 60 | 25.87 | 63.17 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | — | 6.4 | — |
| 2025/26 | 0.8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4.8 | 2.5 |
| 2024/25 | 33.2 | 5 | 145 | 8 | 18.13 | 4.37 | 24.9 |
| 2023/24 | 54.8 | 8 | 187 | 9 | 20.78 | 3.41 | 36.6 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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