🏅🛡️ Jonathan Merlo (27)

All-Rounder – Genuine U17 (2015/16) VIC Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Aberfeldie Cricket Club · Melbourne BBL · Greenvale Kangaroos Cricket Club · Australia · Victorian Premier Cricket · Victoria · Hawthorn Boroondara Cricket Club · Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club · VIC School Team · Metropolitan Inner East · North West Cricket Association · Metropolitan North West · St Kilda Cricket Club · CV Emerging Players Program · Melbourne Stars - VIC
Age: Born on/after 1 Sep 1998 (inferred from U17 eligibility, 2015/16 season)
Green Shield: 0 season(s) played · last GS year 2014/15 (ages out of U16 after this)
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🏏 Century highlight
146* off 241
Kookaburra Men's Premier Firsts · 2022/23 · 13×4, 2×6 · SR 61

Ball-by-ball detail isn't available for this match, so the innings worm and shot breakdown aren't shown.

Overall Advance
68/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Proficient
38/100
Batting Advance
78/100
Bowling Proficient
41/100

Representative pathway — 59 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● State representation (+12)
  • ● First-class, BBL or international — 48 matches (+16.0)
  • ● National championships — 49 matches (+14.0)
  • ● Premier or state pathway — 96 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 12 matches (+1.8)
  • ● Body of work — 342 imported matches (+5.0)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 63.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.

Strengths

  • ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 30.7.
  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 13 hundred(s), best of 146.
  • ✓ Dangerous ground fielder — involved in 14 run outs.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 38 × 40% · Batting 78 × 30% · Bowling 41 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.75 for the level played (National competition 97 · State competition 5 · 1st grade 86 · Rep Div 1 32 · 2nd grade 5 · 3rd grade 1 · Club 116). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
Form
No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
Fielding
Outfield: 97 catches + 14 run outs (14 direct, 0 assisted) in 342 matches — 0.32 per match.
Batting
8,047 runs in 312 innings, adjusted average 30.7, strike rate 63.4. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
284 wickets in 263 matches bowled in (of 342 played) — 1.08 per match at 22.0, economy 3.86, strike rate 34.2.

Fielding — imported matches (342)

97
Ct (field)
4
Ct (WK)
0.3
Catches / match
14
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
1
Stumpings
116
Total dismissals
0.34
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

8047
Runs (312 inns)
30.67
Avg (adj)
63.4
Strike rate
146
High score
59
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

284
Wickets (1620 ov)
3.86
Economy
22
Average
189
Maidens
0.17
Extras / over
34.2
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 342 imported
Batting 8047 runs in 312 inns @ 30.67 (SR 63.4)
Milestones 13×100, 41×50, HS 146, 17 ducks
Bowling 284 wkts @ 22 (econ 3.86, SR 34.2)
Best / 5WI 5-45 · 2 five-fors
Fielding 101 ct, 14 RO, 1 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 116 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.3
Catches / match
0.34
Dismissals / match

Across 342 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
2022/23 19 5 847 146* 56.31 60.67 5 2
2021/22 40 2 1,148 139 30.14 62.6 6 2
2020/21 17 1 633 123* 39.43 79.42 0 2
2019/20 24 4 672 121* 32.67 53.72 4 1
2018/19 26 5 748 116 34.3 67.33 4 2
2017/18 26 4 518 74* 22.99 55.52 3 0
2016/17 31 5 547 100* 20.49 64.96 3 1
2015/16 21 3 621 114* 33.8 99.68 4 1
2014/15 13 2 538 122 47.75 — 2 2
2013/14 14 4 320 67* 29.39 288.29 2 0
2012/13 25 6 574 76* 28.47 1640 4 0
2011/12 22 3 351 68 18.13 626.79 2 0
2010/11 16 6 244 51* 20.97 — 1 0
2009/10 15 9 268 50* 28.59 — 1 0
2005/06 3 0 18 12 6 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2022/23 61 8 322 5 64.4 5.28 73.2
2021/22 178.3 14 807 24 33.63 4.53 44.6
2020/21 80.8 5 363 15 24.2 4.49 32.3
2019/20 156 16 668 15 44.53 4.28 62.4
2018/19 139.2 19 565 22 25.68 4.06 38
2017/18 161.8 14 696 33 21.09 4.3 29.4
2016/17 187 10 893 29 30.79 4.78 38.7
2015/16 132.2 14 538 31 17.35 4.07 25.6
2014/15 62.2 5 185 10 18.5 2.98 37.3
2013/14 132.7 17 412 21 19.62 3.11 37.9
2012/13 116.5 23 316 25 12.64 2.71 28
2011/12 65.3 18 128 16 8 1.96 24.5
2010/11 71 15 128 20 6.4 1.8 21.3
2009/10 69 11 206 14 14.71 2.99 29.6
2005/06 7 0 20 4 5 2.86 10.5

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2022/23 7 0 0 0 7
2021/22 15 0 2 0 17
2020/21 9 0 0 0 9
2019/20 2 0 2 0 4
2018/19 11 0 0 0 11
2017/18 6 0 1 0 7
2016/17 10 0 2 0 12
2015/16 6 0 1 0 7
2014/15 4 0 0 0 4
2013/14 4 1 1 1 7
2012/13 5 0 1 0 6
2011/12 6 0 1 0 7
2010/11 7 0 1 0 8
2009/10 5 2 2 0 9
2005/06 0 1 0 0 1
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