James Howes

Bowling – First-Change Bowler NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Epping Bulls Cricket Club · Epping District Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
26/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
59/100

Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 124 imported matches (+2.5)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 8.8 over 107 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

high Fielding
Catching return too low for selection

Only 0.13 catches per match over 124 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.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 17% 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 17.7.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.13.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 59 × 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 8). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 8 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Outfield: 16 catches + 3 run outs (3 direct, 0 assisted) in 124 matches — 0.15 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 107 innings at 8.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
277 wickets in 122 matches bowled in (of 124 played) — 2.27 per match at 17.7, economy 3.13, strike rate 33.9.

Fielding — imported matches (124)

16
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.13
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
19
Total dismissals
0.15
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

772
Runs (107 inns)
8.83
Avg (adj)
39.02
Strike rate
51
High score
24
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

277
Wickets (1566.2 ov)
3.13
Economy
17.7
Average
327
Maidens
0.13
Extras / over
33.9
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 124 imported
Batting 772 runs in 107 inns @ 8.83 (SR 39.02)
Milestones 0×100, 1×50, HS 51, 18 ducks
Bowling 277 wkts @ 17.7 (econ 3.13, SR 33.9)
Best / 5WI 7-29 · 13 five-fors
Fielding 16 ct, 3 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 19 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.13
Catches / match
0.15
Dismissals / match

Across 124 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
2024/25 8 2 39 16* 6.09 35.14 0 0
2023/24 8 1 71 29 9.98 1183.33 0 0
2022/23 10 1 82 51* 9.02 315.38 1 0
2021/22 8 3 73 13* 12.55 — 0 0
2020/21 4 2 37 28* 13.88 — 0 0
2019/20 6 2 31 23 6.89 775 0 0
2018/19 8 3 25 11* 4.3 — 0 0
2017/18 7 1 66 18 10.78 388.24 0 0
2016/17 11 3 57 14* 6.6 — 0 0
2015/16 10 2 59 14 7.08 — 0 0
2014/15 12 1 83 16 7.49 — 0 0
2013/14 9 2 103 32 13.99 — 0 0
2012/13 5 0 45 17 9 — 0 0
2011/12 1 1 1 1* 1 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2024/25 184.5 44 520 32 16.25 2.82 34.6
2023/24 74 5 294 8 36.75 3.97 55.5
2022/23 97.2 12 296 16 18.5 3.05 36.4
2021/22 85 9 331 14 23.64 3.89 36.4
2020/21 48.2 11 149 12 12.42 3.09 24.1
2019/20 99 29 303 20 15.15 3.06 29.7
2018/19 110.5 19 299 19 15.74 2.71 34.9
2017/18 114 29 356 20 17.8 3.12 34.2
2016/17 154.2 35 483 28 17.25 3.13 33
2015/16 143.7 51 342 23 14.87 2.38 37.5
2014/15 228 50 749 44 17.02 3.29 31.1
2013/14 158 27 481 28 17.18 3.04 33.9
2012/13 39 2 173 7 24.71 4.44 33.4
2011/12 10 1 38 5 7.6 3.8 12
2010/11 14 3 66 0 — 4.71 —
2009/10 7 0 22 1 22 3.14 42

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2024/25 0 0 2 0 2
2023/24 1 0 0 0 1
2021/22 1 0 0 0 1
2018/19 1 0 0 0 1
2017/18 1 0 0 0 1
2016/17 3 0 0 0 3
2015/16 1 0 0 0 1
2014/15 3 0 1 0 4
2013/14 4 0 0 0 4
2011/12 1 0 0 0 1
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