Riley Meredith

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]

Riley Meredith
Personal information
Full name
Riley Patrick Meredith
Born (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996
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: Cricinfo, 21 October 2022

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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. "Pakistan tour of Australia, Tour Match: Cricket Australia XI v Pakistanis at Brisbane, Jan 10, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  4. "7th match, Sheffield Shield at Melbourne, Nov 13-16 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  5. "1st Semi-Final, Big Bash League at Perth, Feb 1 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  6. "IPL 2021 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  7. "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  17. "2nd ODI (D/N), Bridgetown, Jul 22 2021, Australia tour of West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. 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.
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