Merv Taylor
Batting – Lower-Order Batter
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Redfern All Blacks Cricket Club · Northern Territory Cricket
Overall
Needs Work
5/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
0/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
57/100
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 25 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
high
Fielding
Catching return too low for selection
Only 0.00 catches per match over 25 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.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 16.2.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 18 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 0 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 57 × 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 21). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 21 matches since 28 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 0 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 25 matches — 0.00 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 22 innings at 17.8 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 12 wickets in 12 matches bowled in (of 25 played) — 1.00 per match at 16.3, economy 5.27, strike rate 18.5.
Fielding — imported matches (25)
0
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
0
Total dismissals
0
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
297
Runs (22 inns)
17.8
Avg (adj)
—
Strike rate
38
High score
7
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
12
Wickets (37 ov)
5.27
Economy
16.25
Average
0
Maidens
0.24
Extras / over
18.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 25 imported |
| Batting | 297 runs in 22 inns @ 17.8 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 38, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 12 wkts @ 16.25 (econ 5.27, SR 18.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-5 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 0 ct, 0 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.
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 33 | 16.56 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 8 | 0 | 139 | 38 | 17.38 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 10 | 6 | 105 | 28* | 16.8 | 2100 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 6.67 | 6.67 | 6 |
| 2025/26 | 12 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 22 | 5.5 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | 22 | 0 | 109 | 6 | 18.17 | 4.95 | 22 |
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