James O’Brien
All-Rounder – Bowling
NSW
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Orange City Cricket Club · Mudgee & District Cricket Association · Western Plains Outlaws · South Dubbo Cricket Club · Macquarie Cricket Club Dubbo · Macquarie Valley Cricket Council · Central West Cricket Council · Gulgong RSL Cricket Club (inactive) · Lawson Park Cricket Club · Mudgee Rep · Mudgee Federal Hotel Cricket Club · McDonald Lawson Bulls Cricket Club (inactive) · Dubbo Rugby Cricket Club · Dubbo District Cricket Association
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
34/100
Batting
Proficient
47/100
Bowling
Strong
~33/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 1 match (+0.1)
- ● Body of work — 66 imported matches (+1.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 56.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
Too many aerial dismissals
33 of 45 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.
medium
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.23 dismissals per match across 66 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 32.1.
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 3 hundred(s), best of 123.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 34 × 40% · Batting 47 × 30% · 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 (Rep Div 1 1 · Club 65). 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: 14 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 66 matches — 0.23 per match.
- Batting
- 1,532 runs in 59 innings, adjusted average 32.1, strike rate 56.4. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 39 wickets in 47 matches bowled in (of 66 played) — 0.83 per match at 31.6, economy 4.62, strike rate 41.1.
Fielding — imported matches (66)
14
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.21
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
15
Total dismissals
0.23
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1532
Runs (59 inns)
32.13
Avg (adj)
56.43
Strike rate
123
High score
14
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
39
Wickets (267.2 ov)
4.62
Economy
31.62
Average
35
Maidens
0.05
Extras / over
41.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 66 imported |
| Batting | 1532 runs in 59 inns @ 32.13 (SR 56.43) |
| Milestones | 3×100, 9×50, HS 123, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 39 wkts @ 31.62 (econ 4.62, SR 41.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-20 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 14 ct, 1 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 15 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.21
Catches / match
0.23
Dismissals / match
Across 66 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 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 6.33 | 51.35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 7 | 4 | 129 | 50* | 28.96 | 124.04 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 14 | 6 | 429 | 123* | 43.78 | 153.76 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 12 | 2 | 264 | 110 | 25.67 | 187.23 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 6 | 1 | 157 | 53 | 30.53 | 249.21 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 12 | 0 | 363 | 86 | 30.25 | 541.79 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 1 | 133 | 115* | 99.75 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 23 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | 14 | — |
| 2021/22 | 22 | 3 | 103 | 1 | 103 | 4.68 | 132 |
| 2018/19 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 0 | — | 4.88 | — |
| 2017/18 | 84 | 12 | 371 | 17 | 21.82 | 4.42 | 29.6 |
| 2016/17 | 60 | 9 | 277 | 8 | 34.63 | 4.62 | 45 |
| 2015/16 | 23.5 | 2 | 120 | 5 | 24 | 5.11 | 28.2 |
| 2014/15 | 2.3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 5.57 | — |
| 2013/14 | 48.3 | 4 | 212 | 5 | 42.4 | 4.39 | 58 |
| 2012/13 | 17 | 4 | 70 | 3 | 23.33 | 4.12 | 34 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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