Riley Meredith

ABOUT

Full NameRiley Meredith

BornJune 21, 1996

NationalityAustralian

RoleRight- Arm Fast Bowler

MOST RECENT MATCHES

MATCH	BF	SR	OVERS	RC	WKTS	ECO	EX
DC vs MI	0	0	2	9	0	4.50	1
SRH vs MI	0	0	4	44	1	11.00	2
CSK vs MI	0	0	3	27	2	9.00	1
KKR vs MI	1	0.00	3	35	0	11.67	1
MI vs GT	0	0	4	32	0	8.00	1

BATTING STATS

GAME TYPE	M	INN	RUNS	BF	NO	AVG	SR	HS	4s	6s	CT
ODIs	1	1	0	0	1			0	0	0	0
T20Is	5	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0
T20s	55	10	23	23	4	3.83	100.00	10	2	0	9
LISTAs	24	12	18	62	9	6.00	29.03	5	0	0	11
FIRSTCLASS	21	27	124	419	18	13.77	29.59	20	15	1	4

BOWLING STATS

GAME TYPE	M	INN	OVERS	RUNS	WKTS	AVG	ECO	BEST	5Ws
ODIs	1	1	5	36	0		7.20	0	0
T20Is	5	5	18.5	188	8	23.50	9.98	3/48	0
T20s	55	55	197.5	1659	71	23.36	8.38	4/21	0
LISTAs	24	24	205	1081	33	32.75	5.27	4/42	0
FIRSTCLASS	21	35	551.2	2001	58	34.50	3.62	5/98	1

ABOUT

Riley Patrick Meredith, popularly known as Riley Meredith is an Australian Cricketer born on 21st June 1996 in the city of Hobart, Tasmania. He is a right-arm fast bowler who is known for his pace and wicket-taking abilities.

Career

Domestic Career

Riley Meredith has played for Tasmania in all three forms of cricket. He made his List-A debut for Cricket Australia XI against Pakistanis at Brisbane on January 10, 2017. Meredith opened the bowling for CA XI in that contest with Henry Thornton. Unfortunately, Meredith could not scalp a single wicket. At the same time, he conceded 62 runs in nine overs. Meredith has taken 28 wickets in 21 List-A matches so far.

Speaking about his numbers in the longest format of the game, Meredith received his maiden first-class cap for Tasmania against Victoria at Melbourne on November 13, 2017. The match ended in a draw but Meredith opened his account in first-class cricket by taking the wicket of all-rounder Daniel Christian. As of April 2021, Riley has taken 53 wickets in 18 first-class matches.

Riley Meredith

In his domestic T20 career, Meredith has scalped 47 wickets in 37 matches. He made his debut for the Hobart Hurricanes against the Perth Scorchers at Perth on February 1, 2018. It was the first semi final of BBL 2017/18, and Meredith dismissed opposition captain Adam Voges to help Hobart win.

International Career

After some magnificent performances in the Big Bash League, Riley Meredith earned a call-up to the Australian Cricket Team T20I squad for the New Zealand tour in 2021. He played his first T20I game against New Zealand on March 3, 2021. So far, in three T20Is, Meredith has accounted for four wickets at an economy rate of 7.54.

IPL Career

Riley Meredith is yet to make his IPL debut. The 24-year-old pacer from Australia bagged his maiden IPL contract at IPL Auction 2021 from the Punjab Kings Team. Although the Aussie has not played much international cricket yet, the Mohali-based franchise spent INR 8 crore to acquire Meredith’s services in IPL 2021. The Delhi Capitals fought an intense bidding war with Punjab to sign Meredith, where Punjab emerged victorious ultimately.

Riley Meredith

Background

Hailing from Tasmania, Riley Meredith came into the limelight during the 2017/18 domestic season with a brilliant performance for the Tigers. He is gifted with natural pace and athleticism. Hence, his presence will help the Punjab Kings a lot in IPL 2021. It will be exciting to see how he performs in his first IPL season.