Riley Meredith

Riley Meredith (born 21 June 1996) is an Australian cricketer.[1][2] He 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]

Riley Meredith
Personal information
Full nameRiley Meredith
Born (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017/18–Hobart Hurricanes
2017/18–Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 16 19 21
Runs scored 61 11 2
Batting average 10.16 5.50 1.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 19* 3* 2
Balls bowled 2,684 1,002 454
Wickets 51 25 27
Bowling average 31.78 36.80 23.03
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/98 4/42 4/21
Catches/stumpings 2/– 9/– 6/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 January

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.[6][7] On 14 August 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed that the fixtures would be taking place, with Meredith included in the touring party.[8][9]

In January 2021, Meredith was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand.[10]

References
  1. "Riley Meredith". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. "Riley Meredith". Cricket Tasmania. 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. "Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis in expanded Australia training squad for possible England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  7. "Aussies name huge 26-player group with eye on UK tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. "Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe and Daniel Sams included as Australia tour to England confirmed". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  9. "Uncapped trio make Australia's UK touring party". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  10. "Matthew Wade dropped from Test squad, Travis Head set to reclaim middle-order spot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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