Jacob van der Meulen (24)
★ Div 1 Rep
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
U15 (2016/17)
WA
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Competitions
Registered with:
WACA Metropolitan · Subiaco-Floreat Cricket Club · Subiaco Marist Cricket Club · Hale School-
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2001
(inferred from U15 eligibility, 2016/17 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2017/18 (ages out of U16 after this)
🏏 Century highlight
105* off 155
Graham McKenzie Shield (Premier U14) · 2015/16 · 10×4, 0×6
· SR 68
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Overall
Needs Work
20/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
30/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Advance
60/100
Representative pathway — 16 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 41 matches (+10.0)
- ● Body of work — 94 imported matches (+1.9)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 58.7 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 15% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.0.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.69.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 30 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 60 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.49 for the level played (Rep Div 1 41 · Club 53). 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: 26 catches + 6 run outs (6 direct, 0 assisted) in 94 matches — 0.34 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 86 innings at 16.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 86 wickets in 85 matches bowled in (of 94 played) — 1.01 per match at 15.0, economy 2.69, strike rate 33.4.
Fielding — imported matches (94)
26
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.29
Catches / match
6
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
33
Total dismissals
0.35
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1195
Runs (86 inns)
16.32
Avg (adj)
58.7
Strike rate
105
High score
15
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
86
Wickets (478.7 ov)
2.69
Economy
15
Average
111
Maidens
0.26
Extras / over
33.4
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 94 imported |
| Batting | 1195 runs in 86 inns @ 16.32 (SR 58.7) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 2×50, HS 105, 13 ducks |
| Bowling | 86 wkts @ 15 (econ 2.69, SR 33.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-15 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 27 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 33 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.29
Catches / match
0.35
Dismissals / match
Across 94 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 6.88 | 129.41 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 17 | 3 | 154 | 24 | 10.66 | 64.17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 9 | 1 | 45 | 20 | 5.56 | 34.88 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 10 | 0 | 138 | 33 | 13.8 | 53.91 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 19 | 3 | 451 | 105* | 27.48 | 76.18 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 17 | 5 | 221 | 42* | 16.82 | 40.77 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 9 | 2 | 162 | 32* | 22 | 100.62 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — | 4.25 | — |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 12.5 | 5 | 15 |
| 2019/20 | 19 | 7 | 58 | 3 | 19.33 | 3.05 | 38 |
| 2018/19 | 115.7 | 22 | 304 | 11 | 27.64 | 2.63 | 63.1 |
| 2017/18 | 59 | 10 | 216 | 13 | 16.62 | 3.66 | 27.2 |
| 2016/17 | 64.7 | 11 | 196 | 10 | 19.6 | 3.03 | 38.8 |
| 2015/16 | 105 | 23 | 272 | 27 | 10.07 | 2.59 | 23.3 |
| 2014/15 | 73.3 | 28 | 137 | 12 | 11.42 | 1.87 | 36.7 |
| 2013/14 | 28 | 9 | 50 | 8 | 6.25 | 1.79 | 21 |
| 2011/12 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017/18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014/15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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