Sam James
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 23 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 11.3 over 20 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Economy of 2.20 is excellent but a wicket every 44 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.2.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.20.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 16 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 51 × 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 5). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 5 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 6 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 23 matches — 0.30 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 20 innings at 11.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 41 wickets in 23 matches — 1.78 per match at 16.2, economy 2.20, strike rate 44.2.
Fielding — imported matches (23)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 23 imported |
| Batting | 188 runs in 20 inns @ 11.28 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 35, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 41 wkts @ 16.17 (econ 2.2, SR 44.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 7-48 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 23 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 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 29* | 13.56 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3.56 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 11 | 1 | 119 | 35 | 11.8 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 82.7 | 23 | 209 | 10 | 20.9 | 2.53 | 49.6 |
| 2023/24 | 27 | 3 | 81 | 7 | 11.57 | 3 | 23.1 |
| 2022/23 | 192.3 | 60 | 373 | 24 | 15.54 | 1.94 | 48.1 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
How does Sam compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.