Paul James
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
NSW Masters Cricket - Representative Teams · Castle Hill RSL Cricket Club · Port Jackson Masters Cricket · Northbridge Cricket Club · Clinton Perren Invitational Cricket Club · Nude Driving · Epping Bulls Cricket Club · Kirribilli Cricket Club · NSW Masters Cricket · Cricket Illawarra - Representative Teams · Wanderers · Central Coast Cyclones · Pennant Hills Cricket Club · Southern Spirit Cricket Club · Fumblers
Overall
Needs Work
10/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
23/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
63/100
Representative pathway — 7 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 30 matches (+4.0)
- ● Body of work — 154 imported matches (+3.1)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.7.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 25 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 23 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 63 × 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 35). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 35 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 47 catches + 6 run outs (1 direct, 5 assisted) in 154 matches — 0.34 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 141 innings at 20.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 180 wickets in 128 matches bowled in (of 154 played) — 1.41 per match at 16.7, economy 4.07, strike rate 24.6.
Fielding — imported matches (154)
47
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.31
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
5
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
53
Total dismissals
0.34
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
2364
Runs (141 inns)
20.21
Avg (adj)
68.97
Strike rate
87
High score
29
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
180
Wickets (738.5 ov)
4.07
Economy
16.71
Average
61
Maidens
0.02
Extras / over
24.6
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 154 imported |
| Batting | 2364 runs in 141 inns @ 20.21 (SR 68.97) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 87, 9 ducks |
| Bowling | 180 wkts @ 16.71 (econ 4.07, SR 24.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-12 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 47 ct, 6 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 53 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.31
Catches / match
0.34
Dismissals / match
Across 154 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 68.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 15 | 3 | 198 | 40* | 15.84 | 77.34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 13 | 4 | 186 | 32* | 18.71 | 86.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 18 | 3 | 236 | 44* | 15.3 | 76.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 22 | 8 | 527 | 87* | 32.67 | 356.08 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 8 | 2 | 146 | 38* | 22.81 | 130.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 7 | 1 | 104 | 41* | 16.98 | 85.95 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 11 | 4 | 170 | 40* | 21.07 | 108.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 10 | 1 | 151 | 28* | 16.61 | 60.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 6 | 1 | 101 | 40* | 19.64 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 8 | 1 | 75 | 31* | 10.55 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 6 | 0 | 91 | 35 | 15.17 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 50 | 36 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 34 | 17 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003/04 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 35 | 29 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2002/03 | 2 | 1 | 142 | 74 | 106.5 | — | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 12 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 71 | 5.92 | 72 |
| 2025/26 | 111.5 | 13 | 390 | 25 | 15.6 | 3.5 | 26.8 |
| 2024/25 | 59.3 | 2 | 224 | 19 | 11.79 | 3.78 | 18.7 |
| 2023/24 | 108.3 | 7 | 413 | 30 | 13.77 | 3.81 | 21.7 |
| 2022/23 | 85.3 | 3 | 412 | 24 | 17.17 | 4.83 | 21.3 |
| 2021/22 | 44.3 | 4 | 209 | 18 | 11.61 | 4.71 | 14.8 |
| 2020/21 | 46 | 4 | 126 | 8 | 15.75 | 2.74 | 34.5 |
| 2019/20 | 33 | 4 | 150 | 13 | 11.54 | 4.55 | 15.2 |
| 2018/19 | 48.2 | 3 | 194 | 14 | 13.86 | 4.03 | 20.6 |
| 2017/18 | 24 | 2 | 79 | 6 | 13.17 | 3.29 | 24 |
| 2016/17 | 31.3 | 5 | 126 | 3 | 42 | 4.02 | 62.7 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 30 |
| 2014/15 | 32 | 1 | 182 | 5 | 36.4 | 5.69 | 38.4 |
| 2013/14 | 15 | 1 | 61 | 0 | — | 4.07 | — |
| 2012/13 | 28 | 4 | 136 | 5 | 27.2 | 4.86 | 33.6 |
| 2008/09 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 39 | 3.9 | 60 |
| 2007/08 | 11 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 17.67 | 4.82 | 22 |
| 2006/07 | 11 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 66 |
| 2003/04 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 2.17 | 72 |
| 2002/03 | 11.2 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 23 | 4.12 | 33.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018/19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003/04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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