James Barton (17)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 30 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 9.8 over 25 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
11 of 18 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
0.8 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
Out for 0 in 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.51 is excellent but a wicket every 40 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
0.23 dismissals per match across 30 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 10 × 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 8). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 8 matches since 31 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 6 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 30 matches — 0.20 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 25 innings at 9.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 11 wickets from 74.3 overs across 20 matches bowled in (of 30 played) — 0.55 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (30)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 30 imported |
| Batting | 191 runs in 25 inns @ 9.78 (SR 42.05) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 40, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 11 wkts @ 23.73 (econ 3.51, SR 40.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-6 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 7 ct, 0 RO, 0 st |
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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 30 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 | 6 | 4 | 77 | 40* | 21.39 | 46.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 27* | 8.22 | 34.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 5.6 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2.25 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7* | 7 | 53.85 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 11 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 15.5 | 2.82 | 33 |
| 2023/24 | 11 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 19 | 3.45 | 33 |
| 2022/23 | 17.3 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 28 | 3.23 | 52 |
| 2021/22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1.5 | 16 |
| 2019/20 | 18 | 2 | 78 | 1 | 78 | 4.33 | 108 |
| 2018/19 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 39 | 6.5 | 36 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 2.33 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How does James compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.