James Portou (26)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U12 (2011/12)
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Competitions
Registered with:
Craigieburn Cricket Club · Greenvale Kangaroos Cricket Club · Victorian Turf Cricket Association
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1999
(inferred from U12 eligibility, 2011/12 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2015/16 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
5/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
15/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
33/100
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 97 imported matches (+1.9)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 7.0 over 84 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 26% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.69.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 15 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 33 × 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 22). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 22 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 26 catches + 2 run outs (1 direct, 1 assisted) in 97 matches — 0.29 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 84 innings at 7.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 95 wickets in 90 matches bowled in (of 97 played) — 1.06 per match at 22.4, economy 3.69, strike rate 36.4.
Fielding — imported matches (97)
26
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.28
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
29
Total dismissals
0.3
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
453
Runs (84 inns)
7
Avg (adj)
50
Strike rate
26
High score
25
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
95
Wickets (577 ov)
3.69
Economy
22.42
Average
86
Maidens
0.16
Extras / over
36.4
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 97 imported |
| Batting | 453 runs in 84 inns @ 7 (SR 50) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 26, 22 ducks |
| Bowling | 95 wkts @ 22.42 (econ 3.69, SR 36.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-60 · 3 five-fors |
| Fielding | 27 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 29 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.28
Catches / match
0.3
Dismissals / match
Across 97 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 11 | 6 | 47 | 14 | 6.6 | 71.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 4* | 2.36 | 35.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 18.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6* | 4.89 | 35.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5* | 3.75 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 19 | 5.71 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 9 | 1 | 58 | 20 | 7.16 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 11 | 1 | 86 | 24 | 8.53 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 12 | 4 | 103 | 26* | 11.44 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 16* | 10.08 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 16 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | — | 4.71 | — |
| 2025/26 | 93.2 | 14 | 440 | 9 | 48.89 | 4.72 | 62.1 |
| 2024/25 | 93.7 | 20 | 317 | 16 | 19.81 | 3.38 | 35.1 |
| 2023/24 | 81 | 16 | 258 | 13 | 19.85 | 3.19 | 37.4 |
| 2022/23 | 32.3 | 7 | 128 | 1 | 128 | 3.96 | 194 |
| 2021/22 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | — | 3.86 | — |
| 2019/20 | 15 | 1 | 60 | 0 | — | 4 | — |
| 2018/19 | 18 | 2 | 68 | 3 | 22.67 | 3.78 | 36 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 3.8 | 30 |
| 2016/17 | 34.8 | 6 | 91 | 11 | 8.27 | 2.61 | 19 |
| 2015/16 | 39 | 3 | 168 | 7 | 24 | 4.31 | 33.4 |
| 2014/15 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | — | 5.2 | — |
| 2013/14 | 45 | 9 | 137 | 11 | 12.45 | 3.04 | 24.5 |
| 2012/13 | 52.5 | 2 | 190 | 8 | 23.75 | 3.62 | 39.4 |
| 2011/12 | 29.5 | 4 | 85 | 12 | 7.08 | 2.88 | 14.8 |
| 2010/11 | 16 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 19 | 3.56 | 32 |
| 2009/10 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | — | 8.67 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011/12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2010/11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pathway benchmark
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