🏅🛡️ Jonathan Merlo (27)
★ Div 1 Rep
All-Rounder – Genuine
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Aberfeldie Cricket Club · Melbourne Cricket Club · Victoria · Melbourne Stars · St Kilda Cricket Club
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
173* off 235
Toyota Second XI · 2024/25 · 28×4, 3×6
· SR 74
A front-loaded hundred: a quick first fifty off 71 balls (SR 70), then 50 to 100 at a steadier 101 balls (SR 50).
Scoring breakdown
130 of 173 runs (75%) in boundaries · 83% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 42 balls · SR 48
watchful
20→40
· 20 balls · SR 100
steady
40→50
· 9 balls · SR 111
steady
50→60
· 44 balls · SR 23
watchful
60→80
· 43 balls · SR 47
watchful
80→100
· 14 balls · SR 143
brisk
Overall
Advance
73/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
29/100
Batting
Elite
86/100
Bowling
Proficient
29/100
Representative pathway — 53 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● State representation (+12)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● First-class, BBL or international — 10 matches (+16.0)
- ● National championships — 6 matches (+9.0)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 26 matches (+10.0)
- ● Body of work — 86 imported matches (+1.7)
Critical recommendations
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.40 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 40.4.
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 7 hundred(s), best of 173.
- ✓ Safe hands — 34 catches in 86 matches (0.40 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 29 × 40% · Batting 86 × 30% · Bowling 29 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.89 for the level played (National competition 16 · 1st grade 26 · Club 1). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 43 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 34 catches + 2 run outs (0 direct, 2 assisted) in 86 matches — 0.42 per match.
- Batting
- 3,049 runs in 86 innings, adjusted average 40.4, strike rate 66.0. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 49 wickets in 50 matches bowled in (of 86 played) — 0.98 per match at 33.1, economy 4.12, strike rate 48.2.
Fielding — imported matches (86)
34
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.4
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
36
Total dismissals
0.42
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
3049
Runs (86 inns)
40.4
Avg (adj)
66.01
Strike rate
173
High score
12
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
49
Wickets (393.8 ov)
4.12
Economy
33.12
Average
40
Maidens
0.14
Extras / over
48.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 86 imported |
| Batting | 3049 runs in 86 inns @ 40.4 (SR 66.01) |
| Milestones | 7×100, 18×50, HS 173, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 49 wkts @ 33.12 (econ 4.12, SR 48.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-17 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 34 ct, 2 RO, 0 st |
All figures from imported scorecards only.
Further analysis
Batting form
Running not-out-adjusted average across innings (chronological).
Score distribution
How often each scoring band is reached — a read on consistency.
Scoring tempo
Runs vs balls faced per innings; line = a strike rate of 100.
Bowling form
Economy per spell (chronological) with the career economy as a baseline.
Wicket accumulation
Cumulative wickets across spells — the shape of their wicket-taking.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 36 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.4
Catches / match
0.42
Dismissals / match
Across 86 imported match(es).
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 1 | 125 | 92* | 93.75 | 51.44 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 17 | 3 | 614 | 103 | 42.49 | 94.9 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 35 | 3 | 1,438 | 173* | 44.61 | 63.1 | 8 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 32 | 5 | 872 | 139 | 31.51 | 64.16 | 4 | 2 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 18 | 3 | 82 | 0 | — | 4.56 | — |
| 2025/26 | 175 | 15 | 707 | 22 | 32.14 | 4.04 | 47.7 |
| 2024/25 | 89 | 5 | 384 | 11 | 34.91 | 4.31 | 48.5 |
| 2023/24 | 111.8 | 17 | 450 | 16 | 28.13 | 4.02 | 41.9 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Pathway benchmark
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