🏅 James Murphy (17)
★ Div 1 Rep
Batting – Opening Batter
U17 (2025/26)
SA
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Competitions
Registered with:
St John's Grammar School - Junior School · Unley Cricket Club · Sturt Cricket Club · St John's Grammar School · SA School Team · Adelaide Turf - Representative · SACA Representative Carnivals
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2008
(inferred from U17 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2024/25 (ages out of U16 after this)
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
113 off 124
Kookaburra Under 16 White · 2023/24 · 12×4, 0×6
· SR 91
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 83 balls (SR 60), then 50 to 100 in just 34 (SR 147) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
48 of 113 runs (42%) in boundaries · 56% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 50 balls · SR 40
watchful
20→40
· 19 balls · SR 105
steady
40→50
· 14 balls · SR 71
watchful
50→60
· 5 balls · SR 200
rapid
60→80
· 16 balls · SR 125
brisk
80→100
· 13 balls · SR 154
brisk
Overall
Proficient
43/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
45/100
Batting
Advance
68/100
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 30 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● State representation (+12)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 38 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 9 matches (+1.3)
- ● Body of work — 128 imported matches (+2.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 56.3 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Strengths
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 5 hundred(s), best of 113.
- ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 15 run outs.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 45 × 40% · Batting 68 × 30% · 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
- ×0.65 for the level played (State competition 3 · Rep Div 1 22 · 2nd grade 13 · 3rd grade 8 · Club 2 · 4th grade 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 49 matches since 29 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 37 catches + 15 run outs (8 direct, 7 assisted) in 128 matches — 0.41 per match.
- Batting
- 2,873 runs in 122 innings, adjusted average 29.7, strike rate 56.3. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 30 wickets from 177.3 overs across 45 matches bowled in (of 128 played) — 0.23 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (128)
37
Ct (field)
2
Ct (WK)
0.3
Catches / match
8
RO (direct)
7
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
54
Total dismissals
0.42
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
2873
Runs (122 inns)
29.73
Avg (adj)
56.33
Strike rate
113
High score
32
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
30
Wickets (177.3 ov)
3.43
Economy
20.27
Average
15
Maidens
0.28
Extras / over
35.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 128 imported |
| Batting | 2873 runs in 122 inns @ 29.73 (SR 56.33) |
| Milestones | 5×100, 9×50, HS 113, 12 ducks |
| Bowling | 30 wkts @ 20.27 (econ 3.43, SR 35.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-8 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 39 ct, 15 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 54 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.3
Catches / match
0.42
Dismissals / match
Across 128 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 | 0 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 64.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 30 | 5 | 734 | 100* | 28.54 | 56.07 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 39 | 10 | 1,021 | 102* | 32.89 | 61.1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 33 | 10 | 854 | 113 | 33.72 | 61.84 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 19 | 7 | 210 | 32 | 15.12 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 12.2 | 0 | 66 | 4 | 16.5 | 5.42 | 18.3 |
| 2023/24 | 74 | 5 | 314 | 12 | 26.17 | 4.24 | 37 |
| 2022/23 | 89.2 | 10 | 209 | 13 | 16.08 | 2.34 | 41.2 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
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