James Usher (34)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U12 (2003/04)
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Essendon Cricket Club · Doutta Stars Cricket Club · Flemington Cricket Club · West Newport Cricket Club · Greenvale Kangaroos Cricket Club · Sydney Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1991
(inferred from U12 eligibility, 2003/04 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2007/08 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
16/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
25/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
38/100
Representative pathway — 13 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 71 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 8 matches (+1.2)
- ● Body of work — 92 imported matches (+1.8)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 51.3 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 14% 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 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (4 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
medium
Bowling
Tight but not threatening
Economy of 3.77 is excellent but a wicket every 48 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.77.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 25 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 38 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.48 for the level played (1st grade 16 · 2nd grade 29 · 3rd grade 23 · Club 13 · 4th grade 11). 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: 25 catches + 4 run outs (4 direct, 0 assisted) in 92 matches — 0.32 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 86 innings at 16.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 70 wickets in 77 matches bowled in (of 92 played) — 0.91 per match at 30.1, economy 3.77, strike rate 47.9.
Fielding — imported matches (92)
25
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.27
Catches / match
4
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
29
Total dismissals
0.32
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1221
Runs (86 inns)
16.18
Avg (adj)
51.3
Strike rate
89
High score
12
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
70
Wickets (558.5 ov)
3.77
Economy
30.06
Average
86
Maidens
0.1
Extras / over
47.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 92 imported |
| Batting | 1221 runs in 86 inns @ 16.18 (SR 51.3) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 89, 12 ducks |
| Bowling | 70 wkts @ 30.06 (econ 3.77, SR 47.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-34 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 25 ct, 4 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
0.27
Catches / match
0.32
Dismissals / match
Across 92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 9.06 | 181.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 26 | 7.2 | 51.43 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 32 | 7.43 | 53.61 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 11 | 0 | 124 | 46 | 11.27 | 55.36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 5.5 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 12 | 3 | 249 | 67 | 25.94 | 58.87 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 8 | 0 | 277 | 89 | 34.63 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2* | 1.25 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 12 | 2 | 142 | 51* | 13.81 | 373.68 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 7 | 0 | 155 | 48 | 22.14 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 18* | 9.06 | 76.32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003/04 | 5 | 3 | 92 | 41 | 29.44 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2002/03 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9* | 10.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15 | 1 | 68 | 2 | 34 | 4.53 | 45 |
| 2020/21 | 30 | 2 | 130 | 4 | 32.5 | 4.33 | 45 |
| 2019/20 | 71 | 9 | 315 | 4 | 78.75 | 4.44 | 106.5 |
| 2018/19 | 88 | 17 | 332 | 13 | 25.54 | 3.77 | 40.6 |
| 2017/18 | 10 | 2 | 55 | 4 | 13.75 | 5.5 | 15 |
| 2016/17 | 79.3 | 16 | 260 | 10 | 26 | 3.28 | 47.6 |
| 2015/16 | 39.2 | 8 | 116 | 6 | 19.33 | 2.96 | 39.2 |
| 2014/15 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 1.82 | 33 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | — | 8.33 | — |
| 2012/13 | 70 | 9 | 307 | 5 | 61.4 | 4.39 | 84 |
| 2011/12 | 92 | 14 | 279 | 13 | 21.46 | 3.03 | 42.5 |
| 2010/11 | 18 | 2 | 66 | 2 | 33 | 3.67 | 54 |
| 2009/10 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 0 | — | 2.67 | — |
| 2008/09 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — | 5.67 | — |
| 2003/04 | 15 | 2 | 61 | 4 | 15.25 | 4.07 | 22.5 |
| 2002/03 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 5.8 | 30 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016/17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010/11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003/04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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