James Howard (23)
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
U14 (2016/17)
SA
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Unley Cricket Club · Sturt Cricket Club · St Peter's College (SA) · Payneham Cricket Club · St Peters Old Collegians Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2002
(inferred from U14 eligibility, 2016/17 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2018/19 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
21/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
54/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
68/100
Representative pathway — 7 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 7 matches (+2.8)
- ● Regional representative — 8 matches (+1.2)
- ● Body of work — 133 imported matches (+2.7)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 14.8 over 120 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
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.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.1.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.00.
- ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 10 run outs.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 54 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 68 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.47 for the level played (2nd grade 7 · 3rd grade 8 · Club 3). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 18 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 45 catches + 10 run outs (10 direct, 0 assisted) in 133 matches — 0.41 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 120 innings at 14.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 155 wickets in 114 matches bowled in (of 133 played) — 1.36 per match at 16.1, economy 3.00, strike rate 32.3.
Fielding — imported matches (133)
45
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.34
Catches / match
10
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
55
Total dismissals
0.41
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1572
Runs (120 inns)
14.85
Avg (adj)
47.89
Strike rate
77
High score
16
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
155
Wickets (833.3 ov)
3
Economy
16.14
Average
178
Maidens
0.08
Extras / over
32.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 133 imported |
| Batting | 1572 runs in 120 inns @ 14.85 (SR 47.89) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 77, 11 ducks |
| Bowling | 155 wkts @ 16.14 (econ 3, SR 32.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-73 · 4 five-fors |
| Fielding | 45 ct, 10 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 55 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.34
Catches / match
0.41
Dismissals / match
Across 133 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 11 | 1 | 135 | 45 | 13.39 | 86.54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 13 | 3 | 90 | 15 | 8.52 | 59.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 12 | 1 | 243 | 71 | 21.94 | 39.77 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 28 | 7.33 | 32.59 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 7 | 0 | 130 | 77 | 18.57 | 50.58 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 13 | 1 | 178 | 48* | 14.75 | 68.73 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 39 | 9 | 38.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 9 | 1 | 121 | 41 | 14.94 | 47.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 13 | 0 | 238 | 61 | 18.31 | 41.46 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 10 | 1 | 180 | 35 | 19.8 | 64.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 18 | 6 | 162 | 43 | 12 | 73.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 184 | 41 | 589 | 41 | 14.37 | 3.2 | 26.9 |
| 2023/24 | 90.7 | 20 | 303 | 20 | 15.15 | 3.34 | 27.2 |
| 2022/23 | 34 | 3 | 170 | 1 | 170 | 5 | 204 |
| 2021/22 | 97 | 22 | 242 | 14 | 17.29 | 2.49 | 41.6 |
| 2020/21 | 110 | 43 | 226 | 8 | 28.25 | 2.05 | 82.5 |
| 2019/20 | 100.3 | 12 | 387 | 15 | 25.8 | 3.86 | 40.1 |
| 2018/19 | 61 | 11 | 199 | 12 | 16.58 | 3.26 | 30.5 |
| 2017/18 | 69 | 14 | 162 | 11 | 14.73 | 2.35 | 37.6 |
| 2016/17 | 23.5 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 8.5 | 2.17 | 23.5 |
| 2015/16 | 19.8 | 2 | 48 | 11 | 4.36 | 2.42 | 10.8 |
| 2014/15 | 41 | 5 | 119 | 15 | 7.93 | 2.9 | 16.4 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1.67 | 18 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2023/24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020/21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019/20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Pathway benchmark
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