James Ball (26)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U15 (2014/15)
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Competitions
Registered with:
North Hobart Cricket Club · La Trobe University Cricket Club · North Huon Warriors Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1999
(inferred from U15 eligibility, 2014/15 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2015/16 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
15/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
15/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
44/100
Representative pathway — 12 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 68 matches (+10.0)
- ● Body of work — 84 imported matches (+1.7)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 9.4 over 58 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
medium
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.23 dismissals per match across 84 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.75.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 15 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 44 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.54 for the level played (Rep Div 1 39 · 2nd grade 8 · 3rd grade 21 · Club 16). 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: 18 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 84 matches — 0.23 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 58 innings at 9.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 62 wickets in 73 matches bowled in (of 84 played) — 0.85 per match at 24.5, economy 3.75, strike rate 39.2.
Fielding — imported matches (84)
18
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.21
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
19
Total dismissals
0.23
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
464
Runs (58 inns)
9.38
Avg (adj)
43.78
Strike rate
46
High score
10
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
62
Wickets (404.7 ov)
3.75
Economy
24.47
Average
58
Maidens
0.23
Extras / over
39.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 84 imported |
| Batting | 464 runs in 58 inns @ 9.38 (SR 43.78) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 46, 9 ducks |
| Bowling | 62 wkts @ 24.47 (econ 3.75, SR 39.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-30 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 18 ct, 1 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 19 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.21
Catches / match
0.23
Dismissals / match
Across 84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 13 | 2 | 96 | 36 | 8.52 | 147.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 10 | 0 | 91 | 41 | 9.1 | 130 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 12 | 2 | 135 | 46 | 13.13 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 11 | 2 | 77 | 19* | 8.27 | 46.39 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 35* | 21.75 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
| 2019/20 | 16 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 12.33 | 2.31 | 32 |
| 2018/19 | 117.5 | 11 | 497 | 17 | 29.24 | 4.23 | 41.5 |
| 2017/18 | 54.3 | 14 | 161 | 8 | 20.13 | 2.96 | 40.8 |
| 2016/17 | 77.2 | 16 | 246 | 10 | 24.6 | 3.19 | 46.3 |
| 2015/16 | 75 | 5 | 330 | 7 | 47.14 | 4.4 | 64.3 |
| 2013/14 | 25 | 5 | 107 | 5 | 21.4 | 4.28 | 30 |
| 2012/13 | 34.7 | 3 | 124 | 12 | 10.33 | 3.58 | 17.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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