🥈 James Baker (15)
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 8 matches (+1.2)
- ● Body of work — 23 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 2.6 over 16 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
7 of 11 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Out for 0 in 50% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.22 dismissals per match across 23 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 18 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 27 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.50 for the level played (Rep Div 1 8 · Club 11). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 19 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 4 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 23 matches — 0.22 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 16 innings at 2.6 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 11 wickets in 21 matches bowled in (of 23 played) — 0.52 per match at 39.6, economy 4.23, strike rate 56.2.
Fielding — imported matches (23)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 23 imported |
| Batting | 32 runs in 16 inns @ 2.63 (SR 28.57) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 15, 8 ducks |
| Bowling | 11 wkts @ 39.64 (econ 4.23, SR 56.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-34 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 4 ct, 1 RO, 0 st |
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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 23 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 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 7* | 2.01 | 16.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 7.5 | 166.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 74 | 5 | 300 | 8 | 37.5 | 4.05 | 55.5 |
| 2024/25 | 19 | 1 | 103 | 3 | 34.33 | 5.42 | 38 |
| 2023/24 | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | — | 3.3 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
How does James compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.