James Sawers
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 61 imported matches (+1.2)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 4.9 over 47 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
18 of 36 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Out for 0 in 28% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.23 dismissals per match across 61 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
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 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 14 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 61 matches — 0.23 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 47 innings at 4.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 71 wickets from 459.3 overs across 58 matches bowled in (of 61 played) — 1.22 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (61)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 61 imported |
| Batting | 186 runs in 47 inns @ 4.88 (SR 33.19) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 23, 13 ducks |
| Bowling | 71 wkts @ 22.03 (econ 3.4, SR 38.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-20 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 14 ct, 0 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 14 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 61 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 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 153.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.89 | 11.76 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 1 | 60 | 13 | 8.44 | 30.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10* | 5.88 | 110.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 3.56 | 77.42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 5* | 2.26 | 32.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 30.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 15 |
| 2024/25 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 40 | 3.33 | 72 |
| 2023/24 | 75.2 | 17 | 230 | 13 | 17.69 | 3.06 | 34.7 |
| 2022/23 | 11 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 16.33 | 4.45 | 22 |
| 2021/22 | 61 | 15 | 235 | 4 | 58.75 | 3.85 | 91.5 |
| 2020/21 | 89 | 20 | 339 | 14 | 24.21 | 3.81 | 38.1 |
| 2019/20 | 107 | 21 | 345 | 19 | 18.16 | 3.22 | 33.8 |
| 2018/19 | 47 | 11 | 152 | 11 | 13.82 | 3.23 | 25.6 |
| 2017/18 | 47.2 | 13 | 138 | 3 | 46 | 2.93 | 94.3 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 3.8 | 30 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does James compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.