Merrilyn Pfeiffer
Representative pathway — 4 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 4 matches (+1.6)
- ● Regional representative — 10 matches (+1.5)
- ● Body of work — 40 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
14 of 19 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Out for 0 in 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Only 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (5 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
0.23 dismissals per match across 40 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 12.2.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 17 balls.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 20 × 40% · Batting 54 × 30% · Bowling 67 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.34 for the level played (2nd grade 4 · Club 25). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 29 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 7 catches + 2 run outs (1 direct, 1 assisted) in 40 matches — 0.23 per match.
- Batting
- 568 runs in 32 innings, adjusted average 25.0, strike rate 67.5. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 34 wickets in 33 matches bowled in (of 40 played) — 1.03 per match at 12.2, economy 4.20, strike rate 17.4.
Fielding — imported matches (40)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 40 imported |
| Batting | 568 runs in 32 inns @ 24.96 (SR 67.46) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 5×50, HS 61, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 34 wkts @ 12.21 (econ 4.2, SR 17.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-7 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 7 ct, 2 RO, 0 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 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 40 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 | 13 | 8 | 405 | 61* | 50.33 | 187.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 10 | 0 | 89 | 38 | 8.9 | 74.17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 7* | 7.5 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 21* | 17.28 | 145.95 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 45 | 3 | 192 | 17 | 11.29 | 4.27 | 15.9 |
| 2024/25 | 29.8 | 1 | 135 | 7 | 19.29 | 4.53 | 25.6 |
| 2023/24 | 3.2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — | 5.37 | — |
| 2022/23 | 20.8 | 1 | 71 | 10 | 7.1 | 3.41 | 12.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
How does Merrilyn compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.