James Clifton
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 41 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 57.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
18 of 28 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.
Out for 0 in 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (4 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Economy of 2.76 is excellent but a wicket every 62 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
0.24 dismissals per match across 41 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 8 × 40% · Batting 43 × 30% · Bowling 42 × 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 21). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 21 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 8 catches + 2 run outs (1 direct, 1 assisted) in 41 matches — 0.24 per match.
- Batting
- 577 runs in 32 innings, adjusted average 20.3, strike rate 57.5. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 26 wickets in 36 matches bowled in (of 41 played) — 0.72 per match at 28.6, economy 2.76, strike rate 62.3.
Fielding — imported matches (41)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 41 imported |
| Batting | 577 runs in 32 inns @ 20.29 (SR 57.47) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 79, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 26 wkts @ 28.62 (econ 2.76, SR 62.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-23 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 2 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 10 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 41 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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 7 | 1 | 152 | 79 | 24.82 | 271.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 6 | 2 | 71 | 24* | 15.78 | 229.03 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 11 | 0 | 221 | 65 | 20.09 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 12.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 75 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 18* | 18 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 16 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 22 | 2.75 | 48 |
| 2025/26 | 43.2 | 4 | 178 | 4 | 44.5 | 4.12 | 64.8 |
| 2024/25 | 42.5 | 9 | 107 | 6 | 17.83 | 2.52 | 42.5 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 4 | — |
| 2022/23 | 117.2 | 26 | 295 | 11 | 26.82 | 2.52 | 63.9 |
| 2021/22 | 14 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 48 | 3.43 | 84 |
| 2020/21 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 0 | — | 1.33 | — |
| 2019/20 | 16 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 14.5 | 1.81 | 48 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 3.75 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does James compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.