Riley Meredith
Personal information
Full name
Riley Patrick Meredith
Born (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 27)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 234)22 July 2021 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 97)3 March 2021 v New Zealand
Last T20I14 July 2021 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017/18–Hobart Hurricanes
2017/18–Tasmania
2021Punjab Kings
2022–PresentMumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 5 26 32 82
Runs scored – 163 60 30
Batting average – 12.53 8.57 4.28
100s/50s – 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score – 24 16 10
Balls bowled 113 4,161 1,638 1,803
Wickets 8 73 44 107
Bowling average 23.50 34.50 32.13 23.81
5 wickets in innings 0 2 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/48 5/96 5/26 4/21
Catches/stumpings 0/– 6/– 12/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 October 2022

Riley Patrick Meredith (born 21 June 1996) is an Australian cricketer.[1] He made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in March 2021.[2]

Domestic and T20 career

Meredith made his List A debut for Cricket Australia XI against Pakistanis during their tour of Australia on 10 January 2017.[3] He made his first-class debut for Tasmania in the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season on 13 November 2017.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for the Hobart Hurricanes in the 2017–18 Big Bash League season on 1 February 2018.[5]

In February 2021, Meredith was bought by Punjab Kings ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.[6] In February 2022, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[7]

In April 2022, he was bought by the London Spirit for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[8]

In April 2023, he came as replacement of Jhye Richardson in 2023 Indian Premier League for Mumbai Indians.

International career

On 16 July 2020, Meredith was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][10] On 14 August 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed that the fixtures would be taking place, with Meredith included in the touring party.[11][12]

In January 2021, Meredith was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand,[13] going on to make his international debut on 3 March.[14] In June 2021, Meredith was named in Australia's limited overs squad for their tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh.[15][16] Meredith made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 22 July 2021, for Australia against the West Indies.[17] However, the match was suspended after the toss took place, following a positive test for COVID-19 from a non-playing member of the West Indies team.[18] As the match was suspended, and not abandoned, play resumed two days later after the fixtures were rescheduled following no further COVID-19 cases.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Riley Meredith". Cricket Tasmania. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Riley Meredith". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Pakistan tour of Australia, Tour Match: Cricket Australia XI v Pakistanis at Brisbane, Jan 10, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  4. ^ "7th match, Sheffield Shield at Melbourne, Nov 13-16 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  5. ^ "1st Semi-Final, Big Bash League at Perth, Feb 1 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  6. ^ "IPL 2021 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  7. ^ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  8. ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis in expanded Australia training squad for possible England tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Aussies name huge 26-player group with eye on UK tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe and Daniel Sams included as Australia tour to England confirmed". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Uncapped trio make Australia's UK touring party". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Matthew Wade dropped from Test squad, Travis Head set to reclaim middle-order spot". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Full Scorecard of Australia vs New Zealand 3rd T20I 2020/21 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Seven stars withdraw from tours of Windies, Bangladesh". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Warner, Cummins and Maxwell among six to opt out of West Indies and Bangladesh tours". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  17. ^ "2nd ODI (D/N), Bridgetown, Jul 22 2021, Australia tour of West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Tour in doubt, second ODI called off due to COVID case". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Windies ODI series to resume after COVID-19 case". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

External links

Tasmania โ€“ current squad
Hobart Hurricanes โ€“ current squad
Mumbai Indians โ€“ current squad
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