James Nicholls
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 2 matches (+0.3)
- ● Body of work — 39 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 5.9 over 31 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
14 of 26 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 23% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.23 dismissals per match across 39 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 28 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.29 for the level played (Club 12 · 5th grade and below 2). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 14 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 9 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 39 matches — 0.23 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 31 innings at 5.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 29 wickets in 36 matches bowled in (of 39 played) — 0.81 per match at 19.1, economy 3.50, strike rate 32.8.
Fielding — imported matches (39)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 39 imported |
| Batting | 157 runs in 31 inns @ 5.88 (SR 42.82) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 34, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 29 wkts @ 19.1 (econ 3.5, SR 32.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-17 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 9 ct, 0 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 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 39 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 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 5.83 | 47.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 9 | 1 | 73 | 34 | 9.01 | 50.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 5.06 | 46.59 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4.44 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 6.67 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 0 | — | 7.8 | — |
| 2025/26 | 62 | 12 | 221 | 7 | 31.57 | 3.56 | 53.1 |
| 2023/24 | 28 | 9 | 57 | 7 | 8.14 | 2.04 | 24 |
| 2022/23 | 48.2 | 8 | 164 | 10 | 16.4 | 3.4 | 28.9 |
| 2021/22 | 11.3 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 2.47 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 45 | 11.25 | 24 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does James compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.