James Balcombe (29)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 64 imported matches (+1.3)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 6.3 over 58 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Out for 0 in 14% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.19 dismissals per match across 64 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 6 × 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 64). 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: 6 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 64 matches — 0.09 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 58 innings at 6.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 15 wickets from 60.5 overs across 24 matches bowled in (of 64 played) — 0.23 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (64)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 64 imported |
| Batting | 315 runs in 58 inns @ 6.27 (SR 37.08) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 38, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 15 wkts @ 22.33 (econ 5.54, SR 24.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-38 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 11 ct, 0 RO, 1 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 12 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 10 | 0 | 52 | 17 | 5.2 | 208 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 14* | 4.47 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 12* | 5.04 | 262.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 12 | 2 | 90 | 38 | 8.75 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 9 | 2 | 55 | 29 | 7.47 | 1100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 11 | 3 | 54 | 16 | 6.25 | 154.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3.33 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 55 | 9.17 | 36 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 12 |
| 2016/17 | 22 | 5 | 94 | 6 | 15.67 | 4.27 | 22 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 3.67 | — |
| 2014/15 | 12.5 | 0 | 95 | 5 | 19 | 7.6 | 15 |
| 2012/13 | 12 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 45 | 3.75 | 72 |
| 2011/12 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 18 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015/16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
How does James compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.