James Dunston (34)
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
U21 (2012/13)
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
South Tamworth Cricket Club · Kurri & Weston District Cricket Club · Mudgee & District Cricket Association · Tuggeranong Valley Cricket Club · ORC Cricket Club Inc Bathurst · Bistro Orie Cricket Club (inactive)
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1991
(inferred from U21 eligibility, 2012/13 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2007/08 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
19/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
19/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
38/100
Representative pathway — 12 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 28 matches (+10.0)
- ● Body of work — 95 imported matches (+1.9)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 13.9 over 77 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 17% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
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.
medium
Bowling
Tight but not threatening
Economy of 3.61 is excellent but a wicket every 52 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.61.
- ✓ Safe hands — 33 catches in 95 matches (0.35 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 19 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 38 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.60 for the level played (2nd grade 28). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 28 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 33 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 95 matches — 0.36 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 77 innings at 13.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 63 wickets in 69 matches bowled in (of 95 played) — 0.91 per match at 31.2, economy 3.61, strike rate 51.9.
Fielding — imported matches (95)
33
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.35
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
34
Total dismissals
0.36
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
914
Runs (77 inns)
13.87
Avg (adj)
49.92
Strike rate
66
High score
13
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
63
Wickets (544.8 ov)
3.61
Economy
31.22
Average
70
Maidens
0.08
Extras / over
51.9
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 95 imported |
| Batting | 914 runs in 77 inns @ 13.87 (SR 49.92) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 4×50, HS 66, 13 ducks |
| Bowling | 63 wkts @ 31.22 (econ 3.61, SR 51.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-72 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 33 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 34 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.35
Catches / match
0.36
Dismissals / match
Across 95 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 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 78.95 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 12 | 1 | 233 | 66 | 21.03 | 54.44 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 14 | 3 | 141 | 43 | 12.23 | 53.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 12 | 1 | 265 | 52 | 23.92 | 66.58 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 17* | 11.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.33 | 400 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5.94 | 73.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 125 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 4.2 | 91.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 6.12 | 61.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7* | 4.56 | 30.65 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 51 | 42.5 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 49 | 5 | 212 | 4 | 53 | 4.33 | 73.5 |
| 2024/25 | 127.2 | 15 | 458 | 21 | 21.81 | 3.6 | 36.3 |
| 2023/24 | 70 | 5 | 279 | 7 | 39.86 | 3.99 | 60 |
| 2022/23 | 89 | 14 | 249 | 2 | 124.5 | 2.8 | 267 |
| 2021/22 | 98 | 18 | 294 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 42 |
| 2019/20 | 18 | 2 | 78 | 2 | 39 | 4.33 | 54 |
| 2018/19 | 42.7 | 5 | 157 | 3 | 52.33 | 3.68 | 85.3 |
| 2017/18 | 21 | 5 | 96 | 5 | 19.2 | 4.57 | 25.2 |
| 2016/17 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 17.5 | 3.5 | 30 |
| 2015/16 | 19 | 1 | 106 | 3 | 35.33 | 5.58 | 38 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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