James Fordham (18)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U15 (2022/23)
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Berowra Cricket Club Inc. · Coomera Hope Island Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2007
(inferred from U15 eligibility, 2022/23 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2023/24 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
20/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
53/100
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 85 imported matches (+1.7)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 9.9 over 29 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 21% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.4.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 24 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 20 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 53 × 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 40). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 40 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 23 catches + 5 run outs (0 direct, 5 assisted) in 85 matches — 0.33 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 29 innings at 9.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 94 wickets in 78 matches bowled in (of 85 played) — 1.21 per match at 16.4, economy 4.08, strike rate 24.1.
Fielding — imported matches (85)
23
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.27
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
5
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
28
Total dismissals
0.33
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
245
Runs (29 inns)
9.9
Avg (adj)
102.31
Strike rate
32
High score
5
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
94
Wickets (376.8 ov)
4.08
Economy
16.37
Average
48
Maidens
0.26
Extras / over
24.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 85 imported |
| Batting | 245 runs in 29 inns @ 9.9 (SR 102.31) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 32, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 94 wkts @ 16.37 (econ 4.08, SR 24.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-9 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 23 ct, 5 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 28 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.27
Catches / match
0.33
Dismissals / match
Across 85 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 | 8 | 0 | 102 | 32 | 12.75 | 127.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 10 | 1 | 60 | 18* | 6.6 | 193.55 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 23* | 10.63 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 29 | 10 | 79.03 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 75.7 | 3 | 468 | 17 | 27.53 | 6.19 | 26.7 |
| 2024/25 | 148.7 | 22 | 485 | 28 | 17.32 | 3.26 | 31.9 |
| 2023/24 | 60 | 6 | 267 | 19 | 14.05 | 4.45 | 18.9 |
| 2022/23 | 92.5 | 17 | 319 | 30 | 10.63 | 3.45 | 18.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
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