James Close
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
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Overall
Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
23/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
49/100
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 9 imported matches (+0.2)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 2.8 over 5 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 5 catches in 9 matches (0.56 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 23 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 49 × 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 7). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 7 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 5 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 9 matches — 0.56 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 5 innings at 2.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 8 wickets in 9 matches — 0.89 per match at 27.1, economy 4.73, strike rate 34.4.
Fielding — imported matches (9)
5
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.56
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
5
Total dismissals
0.56
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
14
Runs (5 inns)
2.8
Avg (adj)
77.78
Strike rate
8
High score
5
Not outs
11
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
8
Wickets (45.8 ov)
4.73
Economy
27.13
Average
5
Maidens
0.13
Extras / over
34.4
Strike rate
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 9 imported |
| Batting | 14 runs in 5 inns @ 2.8 (SR 77.78) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 8, 0 ducks |
| Bowling | 8 wkts @ 27.13 (econ 4.73, SR 34.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-10 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 ct, 0 RO, 0 st |
All figures from imported scorecards only.
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
0.56
Catches / match
0.56
Dismissals / match
Across 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8* | 8 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2* | 1 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 3 | 150 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 17.8 | 3 | 68 | 4 | 17 | 3.81 | 26.8 |
| 2025/26 | 15 | 0 | 98 | 4 | 24.5 | 6.53 | 22.5 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | — | 10 | — |
| 2023/24 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 0 | — | 2.82 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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