Riley Meredith

Riley Meredith

Personal information
Full name	Riley Patrick Meredith
Born	(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 28) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia (2021–2024)
Only ODI (cap 234)	22 July 2021 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.	34
T20I debut (cap 97)	3 March 2021 v New Zealand
Last T20I	4 September 2024 v Scotland
T20I shirt no.	34
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2017/18–present	Tasmania (squad no. 12)
2017/18–present	Hobart Hurricanes (squad no. 21)
2021	Punjab Kings (squad no. 12)
2022–2023	Mumbai Indians (squad no. 21)
2024-	Somerset (squad no. 12)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 1 6 32 36 Runs scored 0 – 226 60 Batting average – – 12.55 8.57 100s/50s 0/0 – 0/0 0/0 Top score 0* – 44 16 Balls bowled 30 137 5,271 1,830 Wickets 0 9 97 52 Bowling average – 24.66 32.50 30.13 5 wickets in innings – 0 2 1 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 3/48 5/96 5/26 Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 9/– 13/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 December 2024

Riley Patrick Meredith (born 21 June 1996) is an Australian cricketer.^[1] He made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in March 2021.^[2] He currently plays for Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes.

Domestic and T20 career

Meredith made his List A debut for Cricket Australia XI against Pakistanis during their tour of Australia on 10 January 2017.^[3] He made his first-class debut for Tasmania in the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season on 13 November 2017.^[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for the Hobart Hurricanes in the 2017–18 Big Bash League season on 1 February 2018.^[5]

In February 2021, Meredith was bought by Punjab Kings ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.^[6] In February 2022, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.^[7]

In April 2022, he was bought by the London Spirit for the 2022 season of The Hundred.^[8] Due to injury he was replaced by Nathan Ellis without playing a game for the team.^[9]

In April 2023, he came as replacement of Jhye Richardson in 2023 Indian Premier League for Mumbai Indians.

In May 2024, he was signed by Somerset County Cricket Club to play across all formats.^[9][10] In October of that year, Meredith re-signed for Somerset for the 2025 T20 Blast, with the option to play in other formats.^[11]

In July 2024, he was selected by the Trent Rockets as a stand-in player for The Hundred while Joe Root was on international duty with the England Test team.^[12]

International career

On 16 July 2020, Meredith was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic.^[13][14] On 14 August 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed that the fixtures would be taking place, with Meredith included in the touring party.^[15][16]

In January 2021, Meredith was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand,^[17] going on to make his international debut on 3 March.^[18] In June 2021, Meredith was named in Australia's limited overs squad for their tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh.^[19][20] Meredith made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 22 July 2021, for Australia against the West Indies.^[21] However, the match was suspended after the toss took place, following a positive test for COVID-19 from a non-playing member of the West Indies team.^[22] As the match was suspended, and not abandoned, play resumed two days later after the fixtures were rescheduled following no further COVID-19 cases.^[23]

References

1. "Riley Meredith". Cricket Tasmania. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
2. "Riley Meredith". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
3. "Pakistan tour of Australia, Tour Match: Cricket Australia XI v Pakistanis at Brisbane, Jan 10, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
4. "7th match, Sheffield Shield at Melbourne, Nov 13-16 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
5. "1st Semi-Final, Big Bash League at Perth, Feb 1 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
6. "IPL 2021 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
7. "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
8. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
9. "Somerset secure multi-format overseas signing as T20 Blast title defence looms". The Cricketer. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
10. "Somerset Sign Riley Meredith". Somerset County Cricket Club. 22 May 2024.
11. "Riley to Return in 2025". Somerset County Cricket Club. 14 October 2024.
12. "ROOT'S ROCKETS AVAILABILITY CONFIRMED AS MEREDITH JOINS". Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
13. "Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis in expanded Australia training squad for possible England tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
14. "Aussies name huge 26-player group with eye on UK tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
15. "Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe and Daniel Sams included as Australia tour to England confirmed". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
16. "Uncapped trio make Australia's UK touring party". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
17. "Matthew Wade dropped from Test squad, Travis Head set to reclaim middle-order spot". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
18. "Full Scorecard of Australia vs New Zealand 3rd T20I 2020/21 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
19. "Seven stars withdraw from tours of Windies, Bangladesh". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
20. "Warner, Cummins and Maxwell among six to opt out of West Indies and Bangladesh tours". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
21. "2nd ODI (D/N), Bridgetown, Jul 22 2021, Australia tour of West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
22. "Tour in doubt, second ODI called off due to COVID case". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
23. "Windies ODI series to resume after COVID-19 case". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

External links

• Riley Meredith at ESPNcricinfo