James Cruger

Batting – Lower-Order Batter NSW
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Registered with: Cobbitty-Narellan Cricket Club
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Overall Needs Work
6/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Proficient
36/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data

Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Body of work — 92 imported matches (+1.8)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Getting starts but not surviving

Adjusted average of 9.1 over 85 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 15% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

info Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon

1.16 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.

Strengths

  • ✓ Safe hands — 107 catches in 92 matches (1.16 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 36 × 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 6). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
Rated on the last 6 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
Fielding
Keeping: 75 catches + 2 stumpings + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 92 matches — 0.84 dismissals per match.
Batting
Not rated: 85 innings at 9.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.

Fielding — imported matches (92)

32
Ct (field)
75
Ct (WK)
1.16
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
2
Stumpings
109
Total dismissals
1.18
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

648
Runs (85 inns)
9.06
Avg (adj)
—
Strike rate
33
High score
16
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

0
Wickets (0 ov)
—
Economy
—
Average
0
Maidens
—
Extras / over
—
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 92 imported
Batting 648 runs in 85 inns @ 9.06 (SR —)
Milestones 0×100, 0×50, HS 33, 13 ducks
Bowling 0 wkts @ — (econ —, SR —)
Best / 5WI 0-0 · 0 five-fors
Fielding 107 ct, 0 RO, 2 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 109 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

1.16
Catches / match
1.18
Dismissals / match

Across 92 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 10 1 50 13 5.5 — 0 0
2023/24 11 2 102 33 10.96 — 0 0
2022/23 12 2 92 31 8.94 — 0 0
2021/22 1 0 4 4 4 — 0 0
2020/21 8 3 80 26 13.75 — 0 0
2019/20 8 0 52 14 6.5 — 0 0
2018/19 11 3 128 28* 14.81 — 0 0
2017/18 2 0 27 27 13.5 — 0 0
2016/17 8 3 30 14 5.16 — 0 0
2015/16 9 0 56 19 6.22 — 0 0
2014/15 2 1 15 10 11.25 — 0 0
2013/14 3 1 12 9 5.33 — 0 0

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2024/25 0 7 0 0 7
2023/24 3 5 0 0 8
2022/23 20 0 0 1 21
2020/21 0 14 0 1 15
2019/20 0 13 0 0 13
2018/19 2 13 0 0 15
2017/18 0 4 0 0 4
2016/17 2 16 0 0 18
2015/16 2 3 0 0 5
2014/15 1 0 0 0 1
2013/14 2 0 0 0 2
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