Zaden Melverton (19)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 51 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 10.7 over 35 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Only 0.10 catches per match over 51 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 17% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.06.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 32 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 51 × 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 6). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 6 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 5 catches + 2 run outs (2 direct, 0 assisted) in 51 matches — 0.14 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 35 innings at 10.7 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 44 wickets in 46 matches bowled in (of 51 played) — 0.96 per match at 19.1, economy 3.06, strike rate 37.4.
Fielding — imported matches (51)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 51 imported |
| Batting | 297 runs in 35 inns @ 10.67 (SR 64.79) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 46, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 44 wkts @ 19.05 (econ 3.06, SR 37.4) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-4 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 2.67 | 34.78 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 10 | 9.25 | 68.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 11 | 4 | 107 | 23* | 13.26 | 78.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 6 | 2 | 66 | 37* | 14.67 | 95.65 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 64.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 52.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1.67 | 13.16 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 48.8 | 7 | 160 | 7 | 22.86 | 3.28 | 41.9 |
| 2023/24 | 24.5 | 3 | 73 | 3 | 24.33 | 2.98 | 49 |
| 2022/23 | 145.8 | 31 | 385 | 23 | 16.74 | 2.64 | 38 |
| 2021/22 | 30 | 1 | 126 | 8 | 15.75 | 4.2 | 22.5 |
| 2020/21 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 15 |
| 2019/20 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 2.6 | — |
| 2018/19 | 15 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 64 | 4.27 | 90 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Zaden compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.