James Rootes (29)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U16 (2012/13)
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Newtown Bluebags Cricket Club · Dubbo CYMS Cricket Club · Macquarie Valley Cricket Council · Northern Districts Butchers Cricket Club · Dubbo Rugby Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1996
(inferred from U16 eligibility, 2012/13 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2012/13 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
10/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
40/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
64/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 69 imported matches (+1.4)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 11% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 14% of 50+ scores become hundreds (6 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 26 catches in 69 matches (0.38 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 40 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 64 × 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 33). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 33 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 17 catches + 3 run outs (1 direct, 2 assisted) in 69 matches — 0.29 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 63 innings at 22.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 78 wickets in 58 matches bowled in (of 69 played) — 1.34 per match at 20.3, economy 4.19, strike rate 29.1.
Fielding — imported matches (69)
17
Ct (field)
9
Ct (WK)
0.38
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
29
Total dismissals
0.42
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1231
Runs (63 inns)
22.64
Avg (adj)
67.5
Strike rate
133
High score
10
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
78
Wickets (377.7 ov)
4.19
Economy
20.29
Average
40
Maidens
0.08
Extras / over
29.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 69 imported |
| Batting | 1231 runs in 63 inns @ 22.64 (SR 67.5) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 6×50, HS 133, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 78 wkts @ 20.29 (econ 4.19, SR 29.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-28 · 2 five-fors |
| Fielding | 26 ct, 3 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 29 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.38
Catches / match
0.42
Dismissals / match
Across 69 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 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 33* | 30 | 158.82 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 15 | 2 | 155 | 30 | 11.71 | 60.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 13 | 2 | 307 | 64* | 27.25 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 14 | 4 | 458 | 133* | 42.06 | — | 3 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 60 | 45 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 53 | 53 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 31 | 11.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 25 | 17.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 12 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 16.75 | 5.58 | 18 |
| 2025/26 | 102.2 | 5 | 480 | 21 | 22.86 | 4.7 | 29.2 |
| 2024/25 | 117.5 | 19 | 435 | 32 | 13.59 | 3.7 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | 97 | 10 | 393 | 16 | 24.56 | 4.05 | 36.4 |
| 2016/17 | 12 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 32 | 2.67 | 72 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | — | 12 | — |
| 2013/14 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 3.83 | 36 |
| 2012/13 | 15 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 67 | 4.47 | 90 |
| 2011/12 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 3.8 | 30 |
| 2010/11 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 31 | 3.88 | 48 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016/17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012/13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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