Sam James
Batting – Opening Batter
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Harbord Bowling Club Cricket Club · Manly Warringah Cricket Association
Overall
Needs Work
6/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
19/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Part Time
~19/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 2 matches (+0.8)
- ● Body of work — 111 imported matches (+2.2)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 61.6 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 9% of 50+ scores become hundreds (10 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
medium
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.23 dismissals per match across 111 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 19 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 19 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.31 for the level played (Rep Div 1 2 · Club 109). 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: 22 catches + 4 run outs (4 direct, 0 assisted) in 111 matches — 0.23 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 106 innings at 19.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 32 wickets in 36 matches bowled in (of 111 played) — 0.29 per match at 23.1, economy 4.79, strike rate 28.9.
Fielding — imported matches (111)
22
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.2
Catches / match
4
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
26
Total dismissals
0.23
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1907
Runs (106 inns)
19.86
Avg (adj)
61.65
Strike rate
106
High score
11
Not outs
2
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
32
Wickets (154.3 ov)
4.79
Economy
23.09
Average
10
Maidens
0.2
Extras / over
28.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 111 imported |
| Batting | 1907 runs in 106 inns @ 19.86 (SR 61.65) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 10×50, HS 106, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 32 wkts @ 23.09 (econ 4.79, SR 28.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-16 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 22 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 26 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.2
Catches / match
0.23
Dismissals / match
Across 111 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 8 | 0 | 184 | 52 | 23 | 170.37 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 13 | 2 | 242 | 60 | 21.48 | 930.77 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 10 | 1 | 121 | 55 | 13.31 | 605 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 19 | 2 | 421 | 76 | 24.49 | 163.18 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 11 | 3 | 134 | 51* | 15.5 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 14 | 1 | 180 | 53 | 13.78 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 7 | 1 | 66 | 28 | 10.78 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 12 | 0 | 328 | 106 | 27.33 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2009/10 | 11 | 1 | 229 | 66 | 22.71 | — | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 8.67 | 18 |
| 2017/18 | 13 | 1 | 47 | 3 | 15.67 | 3.62 | 26 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| 2013/14 | 24 | 2 | 113 | 8 | 14.13 | 4.71 | 18 |
| 2012/13 | 8 | 1 | 64 | 0 | — | 8 | — |
| 2010/11 | 70 | 4 | 323 | 12 | 26.92 | 4.61 | 35 |
| 2009/10 | 35.3 | 2 | 158 | 7 | 22.57 | 4.47 | 30.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014/15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010/11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009/10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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