Darren James
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
SA Veterans Cricket Association - Representative · Light Pass Cricket Club · Nursery Ridge Cricket Club · Mildura Settlers Cricket Club · Merbein Cricket Club · East Torrens Cricket Club · Moonta Cricket Club · Yorke Peninsula Veterans Cricket Club · Willowfest Australian Cricket Club Championships · Yorke Peninsula Cricket Association - Representative
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
39/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Established
~15/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 13 matches (+1.9)
- ● Body of work — 29 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball
13 of 19 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.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 11 catches in 29 matches (0.38 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 39 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 15 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 26). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 26 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 11 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 29 matches — 0.41 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 26 innings at 19.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 9 wickets in 19 matches bowled in (of 29 played) — 0.47 per match at 50.7, economy 4.99, strike rate 60.9.
Fielding — imported matches (29)
11
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.38
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
12
Total dismissals
0.41
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
394
Runs (26 inns)
19.23
Avg (adj)
73.82
Strike rate
57
High score
7
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
9
Wickets (91.3 ov)
4.99
Economy
50.67
Average
14
Maidens
0.16
Extras / over
60.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 29 imported |
| Batting | 394 runs in 26 inns @ 19.23 (SR 73.82) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 57, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 9 wkts @ 50.67 (econ 4.99, SR 60.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-28 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 11 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 12 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.38
Catches / match
0.41
Dismissals / match
Across 29 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 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 57.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 19 | 6 | 308 | 57 | 21.33 | 104.05 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 33 | 11.25 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 79.17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 23 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 9 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 46 | 5.11 | 54 |
| 2025/26 | 59.8 | 7 | 308 | 4 | 77 | 5.15 | 89.8 |
| 2024/25 | 16.5 | 3 | 79 | 3 | 26.33 | 4.79 | 33 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 4.6 | 30 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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