Michael James (14)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 28 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 62.3 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
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.
Only 0.14 catches per match over 28 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
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.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 0 × 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 3). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 3 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 3 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 28 matches — 0.14 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 26 innings at 15.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 14 wickets from 70.0 overs across 28 matches — 0.50 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (28)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 28 imported |
| Batting | 273 runs in 26 inns @ 15.75 (SR 62.27) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 34, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 14 wkts @ 25.14 (econ 5.03, SR 30) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-9 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 4 ct, 1 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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 28 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 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 22* | 10.22 | 76.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 17 | 6 | 114 | 26* | 9.07 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 6 | 136 | 34* | 22.67 | 133.33 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 8.25 | 3.67 | 13.5 |
| 2023/24 | 42 | 4 | 197 | 9 | 21.89 | 4.69 | 28 |
| 2022/23 | 19 | 0 | 122 | 1 | 122 | 6.42 | 114 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
How does Michael compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.