Mel Saunders (28)
All-Rounder – Bowling
U18 (2015/16)
WA
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
Rockingham-Mandurah Cricket Club · Singleton Irwinians Cricket Club · Shepparton - Youth Club United Cricket Club · Bamawm-Lockington United Cricket Club · University Cricket Club · WA Country
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
11/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
32/100
Batting
Proficient
64/100
Bowling
Strong
~53/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 2 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 114 imported matches (+2.3)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 13% 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 (6 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
medium
Fielding
Low overall fielding impact
0.24 dismissals per match across 114 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 32 × 40% · Batting 64 × 30% · Bowling 53 × 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 16). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 16 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 20 catches + 6 run outs (5 direct, 1 assisted) in 114 matches — 0.23 per match.
- Batting
- 1,624 runs in 106 innings, adjusted average 19.1, strike rate 89.7. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 78 wickets in 99 matches bowled in (of 114 played) — 0.79 per match at 18.5, economy 4.12, strike rate 27.0.
Fielding — imported matches (114)
20
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.18
Catches / match
5
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
27
Total dismissals
0.24
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1624
Runs (106 inns)
19.08
Avg (adj)
89.69
Strike rate
68
High score
26
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
78
Wickets (350.5 ov)
4.12
Economy
18.53
Average
21
Maidens
0.26
Extras / over
27
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 114 imported |
| Batting | 1624 runs in 106 inns @ 19.08 (SR 89.69) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 6×50, HS 68, 14 ducks |
| Bowling | 78 wkts @ 18.53 (econ 4.12, SR 27) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-13 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 21 ct, 6 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 27 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.18
Catches / match
0.24
Dismissals / match
Across 114 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 9 | 3 | 243 | 58* | 36 | 105.19 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 7 | 2 | 149 | 49* | 27.37 | 111.19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 12 | 4 | 266 | 59 | 29.56 | 114.66 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 9 | 5 | 155 | 36* | 26.79 | 92.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 1 | 78 | 68* | 34.67 | 114.71 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 12.75 | 106.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 17 | 4 | 147 | 51* | 10.68 | 158.06 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 14 | 0 | 219 | 39 | 15.64 | 87.95 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 22 | 4 | 288 | 53 | 15.47 | 66.36 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 25 | 7.67 | 83.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4.69 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 26.2 | 2 | 110 | 6 | 18.33 | 4.2 | 26.2 |
| 2024/25 | 28 | 3 | 86 | 4 | 21.5 | 3.07 | 42 |
| 2023/24 | 39 | 1 | 138 | 10 | 13.8 | 3.54 | 23.4 |
| 2022/23 | 31 | 1 | 97 | 4 | 24.25 | 3.13 | 46.5 |
| 2021/22 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 18.5 | 4.11 | 27 |
| 2018/19 | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 58 | 5.8 | 60 |
| 2017/18 | 64 | 6 | 219 | 18 | 12.17 | 3.42 | 21.3 |
| 2016/17 | 48 | 3 | 220 | 11 | 20 | 4.58 | 26.2 |
| 2015/16 | 59.3 | 2 | 305 | 15 | 20.33 | 5.14 | 23.7 |
| 2014/15 | 19 | 2 | 94 | 5 | 18.8 | 4.95 | 22.8 |
| 2013/14 | 17 | 1 | 81 | 2 | 40.5 | 4.76 | 51 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
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