James Butler (17)
Bowling – Opening Bowler
U16 (2024/25)
QLD
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Competitions
Registered with:
Valley District Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2008
(inferred from U16 eligibility, 2024/25 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2024/25 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
6/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
26/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
59/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 29 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 6.1 over 19 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.1.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.47.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 26 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 59 × 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 27). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 27 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 8 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 29 matches — 0.28 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 19 innings at 6.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 36 wickets in 28 matches bowled in (of 29 played) — 1.29 per match at 17.1, economy 3.47, strike rate 29.6.
Fielding — imported matches (29)
8
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.28
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
8
Total dismissals
0.28
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
85
Runs (19 inns)
6.12
Avg (adj)
27.16
Strike rate
29
High score
7
Not outs
10
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
36
Wickets (177.8 ov)
3.47
Economy
17.14
Average
34
Maidens
0.27
Extras / over
29.6
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 29 imported |
| Batting | 85 runs in 19 inns @ 6.12 (SR 27.16) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 29, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 36 wkts @ 17.14 (econ 3.47, SR 29.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-40 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 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 8 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.28
Catches / match
0.28
Dismissals / match
Across 29 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 | 13 | 5 | 35 | 10 | 3.73 | 17.59 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 29* | 11.11 | 43.86 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 111.3 | 20 | 406 | 20 | 20.3 | 3.65 | 33.4 |
| 2024/25 | 66.5 | 14 | 211 | 16 | 13.19 | 3.17 | 24.9 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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