🥈 James Boots (17)
Batting – Middle-Order Batter
U17 (2025/26)
QLD
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Competitions
Registered with:
Gold Coast - Representative · WPC Cricket Club · South Brisbane Cricket Club · Broadbeach Robina Cricket Club · The Southport School
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2008
(inferred from U17 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2024/25 (ages out of U16 after this)
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
123* off 153
ICCA Championship Cup - U17-19 · 2023/24 · 8×4, 2×6
· SR 80
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 91 balls (SR 55), then 50 to 100 in just 39 (SR 128) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
44 of 123 runs (36%) in boundaries · 55% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 50 balls · SR 40
watchful
20→40
· 23 balls · SR 87
watchful
40→50
· 18 balls · SR 56
watchful
50→60
· 13 balls · SR 77
watchful
60→80
· 15 balls · SR 133
brisk
80→100
· 11 balls · SR 182
rapid
Overall
Needs Work
16/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
35/100
Batting
Proficient
45/100
Bowling
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Representative pathway — 6 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 7 matches (+2.8)
- ● Regional representative — 13 matches (+1.9)
- ● Body of work — 66 imported matches (+1.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 56.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 14% of 50+ scores become hundreds (6 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 1 hundred(s), best of 123.
- ✓ Safe hands — 24 catches in 66 matches (0.36 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 35 × 40% · Batting 45 × 30% · 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
- ×0.52 for the level played (Rep Div 1 20 · Club 24). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 44 matches since 31 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 24 catches + 3 run outs (2 direct, 1 assisted) in 66 matches — 0.41 per match.
- Batting
- 1,068 runs in 57 innings, adjusted average 21.4, strike rate 56.6. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 8 wickets from 51.8 overs across 10 matches bowled in (of 66 played) — 0.12 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (66)
24
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.36
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
27
Total dismissals
0.41
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1068
Runs (57 inns)
21.37
Avg (adj)
56.61
Strike rate
123
High score
8
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
8
Wickets (51.8 ov)
4.24
Economy
27.5
Average
6
Maidens
0.1
Extras / over
38.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 66 imported |
| Batting | 1068 runs in 57 inns @ 21.37 (SR 56.61) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 6×50, HS 123, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 8 wkts @ 27.5 (econ 4.24, SR 38.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-43 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 24 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 27 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.36
Catches / match
0.41
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 30 | 2 | 583 | 65 | 20.73 | 58.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 21 | 4 | 310 | 77 | 17.57 | 52.01 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 2 | 175 | 123* | 38.89 | 66.54 | 0 | 1 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 22.8 | 2 | 98 | 3 | 32.67 | 4.29 | 45.7 |
| 2024/25 | 23 | 4 | 85 | 3 | 28.33 | 3.7 | 46 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 18.5 | 6.17 | 18 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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