James Viner-Smith (18)
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 14 imported matches (+0.3)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 8.5 over 9 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
4 of 8 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 22% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.51 is excellent but a wicket every 53 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 5 catches in 14 matches (0.36 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 54 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 25 × 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 14). 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: 5 catches + 6 run outs (1 direct, 5 assisted) in 14 matches — 0.79 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 9 innings at 8.5 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 6 wickets in 13 matches bowled in (of 14 played) — 0.46 per match at 31.0, economy 3.51, strike rate 53.0.
Fielding — imported matches (14)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 14 imported |
| Batting | 69 runs in 9 inns @ 8.52 (SR 67.65) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 22, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 6 wkts @ 31 (econ 3.51, SR 53) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-7 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 ct, 6 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 11 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 1 | 67 | 22 | 10.94 | 71.28 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 9 | 1 | 39 | 0 | — | 4.33 | — |
| 2022/23 | 44 | 5 | 147 | 6 | 24.5 | 3.34 | 44 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
How does James compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.