Jack Merzel (28)
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U18 (2015/16)
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Competitions
Registered with:
Strathmore Cricket Club · North West Metropolitan Cricket Association
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1997
(inferred from U18 eligibility, 2015/16 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2013/14 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
39/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Strong
~34/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 116 imported matches (+2.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 13.7 over 98 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 16% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
medium
Bowling
Tight but not threatening
Economy of 3.19 is excellent but a wicket every 45 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 39 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 34 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 25). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 25 matches since 30 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 33 catches + 9 run outs (5 direct, 4 assisted) in 116 matches — 0.36 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 98 innings at 13.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 104 wickets in 108 matches bowled in (of 116 played) — 0.96 per match at 24.1, economy 3.19, strike rate 45.3.
Fielding — imported matches (116)
33
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.28
Catches / match
5
RO (direct)
4
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
42
Total dismissals
0.36
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1164
Runs (98 inns)
13.7
Avg (adj)
53.52
Strike rate
87
High score
15
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
104
Wickets (784.8 ov)
3.19
Economy
24.08
Average
168
Maidens
0.05
Extras / over
45.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 116 imported |
| Batting | 1164 runs in 98 inns @ 13.7 (SR 53.52) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 87, 16 ducks |
| Bowling | 104 wkts @ 24.08 (econ 3.19, SR 45.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-18 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 33 ct, 9 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 42 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.28
Catches / match
0.36
Dismissals / match
Across 116 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 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 48.08 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 9 | 3 | 132 | 53* | 19.56 | 70.97 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 14 | 1 | 215 | 87 | 16.45 | 56.28 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 13 | 0 | 88 | 48 | 6.77 | 37.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 35.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 9 | 0 | 105 | 58 | 11.67 | 60 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 9 | 1 | 141 | 52 | 17.41 | 78.77 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 11 | 4 | 132 | 40 | 16.36 | 1650 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 2 | 85 | 40 | 47.22 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 37 | 20.44 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 10 | 1 | 139 | 51 | 15.29 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2.67 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1.78 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 4.5 | 36 |
| 2025/26 | 74 | 14 | 279 | 6 | 46.5 | 3.77 | 74 |
| 2024/25 | 78.2 | 19 | 273 | 11 | 24.82 | 3.49 | 42.6 |
| 2023/24 | 113.2 | 17 | 429 | 13 | 33 | 3.79 | 52.2 |
| 2022/23 | 43 | 8 | 160 | 5 | 32 | 3.72 | 51.6 |
| 2021/22 | 83 | 12 | 269 | 13 | 20.69 | 3.24 | 38.3 |
| 2020/21 | 78.2 | 17 | 190 | 19 | 10 | 2.43 | 24.7 |
| 2019/20 | 144.8 | 55 | 352 | 22 | 16 | 2.43 | 39.5 |
| 2018/19 | 16 | 3 | 58 | 3 | 19.33 | 3.63 | 32 |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 3.25 | — |
| 2016/17 | 14 | 0 | 57 | 0 | — | 4.07 | — |
| 2015/16 | 83.3 | 21 | 219 | 10 | 21.9 | 2.63 | 50 |
| 2014/15 | 17 | 0 | 73 | 0 | — | 4.29 | — |
| 2013/14 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | — | 5.67 | — |
| 2012/13 | 22 | 2 | 68 | 0 | — | 3.09 | — |
| 2010/11 | 2.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1.38 | 13 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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