🏅 James Sykes (15)
★ Div 1 Rep
Bowling – Opening Bowler
U13 (2023/24)
NSW
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai & Hills District Cricket Association - Representative Teams · Kissing Point Cricket Club · St Pius X College, Chatswood · NSW School Team · Cricket ACT
District represented:
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai & Hills (junior rep association)
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2010
(inferred from U13 eligibility, 2023/24 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2026/27 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
14/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
26/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Elite
71/100
Representative pathway — 17 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● State representation (+12)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Body of work — 66 imported matches (+1.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 13.1 over 42 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
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 10.8.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.02.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 22 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 71 × 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 13). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 13 matches since 31 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 14 catches + 3 run outs (0 direct, 3 assisted) in 66 matches — 0.26 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 42 innings at 13.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 64 wickets in 58 matches bowled in (of 66 played) — 1.10 per match at 10.8, economy 3.02, strike rate 21.5.
Fielding — imported matches (66)
14
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.21
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
3
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
17
Total dismissals
0.26
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
421
Runs (42 inns)
13.13
Avg (adj)
65.22
Strike rate
46
High score
13
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
64
Wickets (229.3 ov)
3.02
Economy
10.83
Average
40
Maidens
0.51
Extras / over
21.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 66 imported |
| Batting | 421 runs in 42 inns @ 13.13 (SR 65.22) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 46, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 64 wkts @ 10.83 (econ 3.02, SR 21.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-24 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 14 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 17 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.21
Catches / match
0.26
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 8 | 1 | 60 | 33 | 8.44 | 75.95 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 14 | 5 | 154 | 45* | 14.93 | 57.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 20 | 7 | 207 | 46* | 13.97 | 79.31 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 66.2 | 9 | 195 | 19 | 10.26 | 2.95 | 20.9 |
| 2023/24 | 51 | 7 | 202 | 16 | 12.63 | 3.96 | 19.1 |
| 2022/23 | 112.2 | 24 | 296 | 29 | 10.21 | 2.64 | 23.2 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
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