Sam Melham (27)
★ Div 1 Rep
Fielding – Wicketkeeper-Batter
U15 (2013/14)
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
St Christopher's Cricket Club · Bankstown District Cricket Association · Bankstown District Cricket Club
District represented:
Bankstown (Green Shield — NSW Premier Cricket)
· Bankstown (junior rep association)
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 1998
(inferred from U15 eligibility, 2013/14 season)
Green Shield:
1 season(s) played
(first 2014/15) · last GS year 2014/15 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
28/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Elite
95/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Representative pathway — 25 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Green Shield below age (1 season(s), +4)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 37 matches (+10.0)
- ● Regional representative — 64 matches (+4.0)
- ● Body of work — 166 imported matches (+3.3)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (8 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.86 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 143 catches in 166 matches (0.86 per match), a genuine selection asset.
- ✓ Sharp glovework — 38 stumpings.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 95 × 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
- ×0.40 for the level played (Rep Div 1 38 · 3rd grade 17 · Rep Div 2 7 · Club 65 · 4th grade 35 · 5th grade and below 4). 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
- Keeping: 126 catches + 38 stumpings + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 166 matches — 1.00 dismissals per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 134 innings at 21.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 24 wickets from 117.3 overs across 32 matches bowled in (of 166 played) — 0.14 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (166)
17
Ct (field)
126
Ct (WK)
0.86
Catches / match
2
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
38
Stumpings
183
Total dismissals
1.1
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
2243
Runs (134 inns)
20.99
Avg (adj)
71.73
Strike rate
79
High score
34
Not outs
6
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
24
Wickets (117.3 ov)
2.57
Economy
12.54
Average
30
Maidens
0.08
Extras / over
29.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 166 imported |
| Batting | 2243 runs in 134 inns @ 20.99 (SR 71.73) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 8×50, HS 79, 11 ducks |
| Bowling | 24 wkts @ 12.54 (econ 2.57, SR 29.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-18 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 143 ct, 2 RO, 38 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 183 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.86
Catches / match
1.1
Dismissals / match
Across 166 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 16 | 3 | 147 | 37 | 10.91 | 612.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 16 | 2 | 294 | 46 | 20.67 | 113.51 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 22 | 6 | 280 | 74 | 16.2 | 282.83 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 21 | 6 | 260 | 58 | 15.92 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 15 | 3 | 395 | 79* | 31.6 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 13 | 1 | 285 | 62* | 23.61 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 16 | 4 | 326 | 58* | 25.47 | — | 3 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 15 | 9 | 256 | 36* | 27.31 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 | 1.69 | 26 |
| 2012/13 | 20 | 5 | 83 | 6 | 13.83 | 4.15 | 20 |
| 2011/12 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 2.78 | 54 |
| 2010/11 | 25.5 | 8 | 47 | 5 | 9.4 | 1.84 | 30.6 |
| 2009/10 | 49.8 | 10 | 124 | 9 | 13.78 | 2.49 | 33.2 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 27 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 2014/15 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 45 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 26 |
| 2012/13 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 2011/12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2010/11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 2009/10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
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