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Paul James

Paul James appears in 10 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (3 Jan 2026 to 25 Oct 2026). 178 runs in 7 innings. 2 wickets from 20 overs. 15 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country: South Africa
Role: All-rounder
Born: 1 Jan 2006 Age 20
Recorded matches: 15League and domestic

Paul James is an all-rounder from South Africa with 15 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, all of them in league, domestic or other non-international cricket.

Batting: 252 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 0 fifties; the most runs came in Youth ODI cricket (243) and the highest recorded score is 46.

Bowling: 4 wickets in recorded matches, 4 of them in Youth ODI cricket.

Career figures by format

Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.

Paul James: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
Format	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	5w
T20 (league and domestic)	3	1	9	9	–	180.0	0/0	–	–	–	–
Youth ODI	12	11	243	46	27.00	85.6	0/0	4	49.50	6.60	0

Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.

Paul James at a glance

FairPlay holds 10 complete scorecards featuring Paul James, most recently for South Africa U19 (T20 and shorter, one-day).

In those matches Paul James batted 7 times for 178 runs at a strike rate of 83.96. The highest score was 46 off 18 balls against Tanzania U19.

With the ball: 2 wickets from 20 overs, an economy rate of 6.90. Best figures: 1 for 15 against Sri Lanka U19.

How the 5 dismissals happened: caught 4, LBW 1.

These matches were played at 5 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
7	2	178	46	35.60	83.96	0/0

Bowling
5	20	0	138	2	1/15	6.90

Match by match

Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.

Date	Match	Batting	Bowling
25 Oct 2026	North West Dragons v Northern CapeBat – · Bowl –	–	–
21 Oct 2026	North West Dragons v LimpopoBat – · Bowl –	–	–
13 Oct 2026	North West Dragons v DolphinsBat 9* (5) · Bowl –	9* (5)	–
29 Jan 2026	South Africa U19 v Sri Lanka U19Bat 37* (36) · Bowl 1/15 (2)	37* (36)	1/15 (2)
25 Jan 2026	Australia U19 v South Africa U19Bat 34 (60) · Bowl –	34 (60)	–
22 Jan 2026	West Indies U19 v South Africa U19Bat 7 (18) · Bowl 1/35 (7)	7 (18)	1/35 (7)
19 Jan 2026	South Africa U19 v Tanzania U19Bat 46 (18) · Bowl –	46 (18)	–
16 Jan 2026	Afghanistan U19 v South Africa U19Bat 4 (26) · Bowl 0/34 (5)	4 (26)	0/34 (5)
7 Jan 2026	South Africa U19 v India U19Bat 41 (49) · Bowl 0/29 (2)	41 (49)	0/29 (2)
3 Jan 2026	South Africa U19 v India U19Bat – · Bowl 0/25 (4)	–	0/25 (4)

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