James Plunkett (29)
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
U18 (2014/15)
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Plenty Valley Cricket Club · Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club · Plenty Cricket Club · Strike League · Diamond Valley Cricket Association
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1996
(inferred from U18 eligibility, 2014/15 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2012/13 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
10/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
30/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
50/100
Representative pathway — 8 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 15 matches (+6.0)
- ● Body of work — 77 imported matches (+1.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 13.4 over 64 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 11% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.79.
- ✓ Safe hands — 29 catches in 77 matches (0.38 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 30 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 50 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.33 for the level played (3rd grade 6 · Club 62 · 4th grade 9). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 25 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 77 matches — 0.35 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 64 innings at 13.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 47 wickets in 59 matches bowled in (of 77 played) — 0.80 per match at 23.0, economy 3.79, strike rate 36.4.
Fielding — imported matches (77)
25
Ct (field)
4
Ct (WK)
0.38
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
31
Total dismissals
0.4
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
680
Runs (64 inns)
13.45
Avg (adj)
58.09
Strike rate
51
High score
17
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
47
Wickets (285.2 ov)
3.79
Economy
22.98
Average
49
Maidens
0.2
Extras / over
36.4
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 77 imported |
| Batting | 680 runs in 64 inns @ 13.45 (SR 58.09) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 51, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 47 wkts @ 22.98 (econ 3.79, SR 36.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-25 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 29 ct, 2 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 31 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.38
Catches / match
0.4
Dismissals / match
Across 77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 13.78 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10* | 12 | 84.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9* | 4.89 | 30.56 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 2 | 119 | 51* | 33.32 | 208.77 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 8 | 2 | 113 | 37 | 17.66 | 98.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 11 | 1 | 75 | 22 | 7.44 | 35.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 6 | 0 | 95 | 41 | 15.83 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 9 | 1 | 59 | 28 | 7.28 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 10 | 6 | 112 | 21* | 17.92 | 560 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 23 | 8.94 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | — | 12 | — |
| 2018/19 | 34 | 5 | 148 | 6 | 24.67 | 4.35 | 34 |
| 2017/18 | 17 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 14 | 2.47 | 34 |
| 2015/16 | 17 | 1 | 62 | 5 | 12.4 | 3.65 | 20.4 |
| 2014/15 | 38.5 | 6 | 203 | 10 | 20.3 | 5.27 | 23.1 |
| 2013/14 | 44.7 | 8 | 197 | 7 | 28.14 | 4.41 | 38.3 |
| 2012/13 | 32 | 5 | 126 | 2 | 63 | 3.94 | 96 |
| 2010/11 | 40 | 4 | 92 | 4 | 23 | 2.3 | 60 |
| 2009/10 | 39 | 13 | 114 | 6 | 19 | 2.92 | 39 |
| 2008/09 | 21 | 3 | 72 | 4 | 18 | 3.43 | 31.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2013/14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010/11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009/10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008/09 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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