Oscar Merlo (19)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 31 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 7.0 over 27 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
1.1 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
Only 0.10 catches per match over 31 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Out for 0 in 18% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 22 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). 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 31). 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: 3 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 31 matches — 0.13 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 27 innings at 7.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 13 wickets from 39.8 overs across 21 matches bowled in (of 31 played) — 0.42 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (31)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 31 imported |
| Batting | 128 runs in 27 inns @ 7.02 (SR 36) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 17, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 13 wkts @ 14.15 (econ 4.62, SR 18.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-4 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 3 ct, 1 RO, 1 st |
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 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 17 | 9.8 | 39.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 9 | 7 | 56 | 17* | 11.06 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 2.78 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 14.8 | 1 | 65 | 6 | 10.83 | 4.38 | 14.8 |
| 2015/16 | 25 | 0 | 119 | 7 | 17 | 4.76 | 21.4 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015/16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
How does Oscar compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.