Having been born on the 21st of June in 1996, Riley Patrick Meredith is a cricketer playing for Australia. It was in March of 2021 that he made his debut for the Australian cricket team on the international stage. His current team is the Tasmania & Hobart Hurricanes, where he plays sports. During the tour of Australia that took place on January 10, 2017, Meredith made his debut for Cricket Australia XI in the List A competition when they faced Pakistanis.
On November 13, 2017, he went on to make his debut for Tasmania in the first-class competition during the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season. On February 1, 2018, he made his debut in the Twenty20 format while playing for the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League season of 2017–2018. The Punjab Kings made the purchase of Meredith in February of 2021, just before the beginning of the 2021 Indian Premier League.
The Mumbai Indians were the ones who purchased him during the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League season, which took place in February of that year. Meredith was selected to be a part of a preliminary team of players consisting of 26 individuals on July 16, 2020. This group will begin training in preparation for a probable journey to England after the COVID-19 epidemic. Cricket Australia announced on the 14th of August, 2020, that the matches would be proceeding, and that Meredith will be a member of the visiting group.
Following his selection for Australia’s Twenty20 International (T20I) team in January 2021, Meredith went on to make his debut on the international stage on March 3, 2021. The series that Australia was playing against New Zealand was a Twenty20 International. At the beginning of June 2021, Meredith was selected to be a part of Australia’s limited overs team for their upcoming travels to Bangladesh and the West Indies. While playing for Australia against the West Indies on July 22, 2021, Meredith made his debut in a One-Day International (ODI).
Riley Meredith Biography
| Name | Riley Meredith |
| Full Name | Riley Patrick Meredith |
| Date of Birth | June 21, 1996 |
| Place of Birth | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Father’s Name | NA |
| Mother’s Name | Karen Meredith Riley-Meredith |
| Siblings | Daniel Meredith, Morgan Meredith |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Bowling |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast |
| ODI Debut | 22 July 2021 vs. West Indies |
| Test Debut | March 2021 vs. Pakistan |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Yellow |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
Despite this, the match was called off after the toss was completed because a member of the West Indies squad who was not participating in the match had tested positive for COVID-19. Play resumed two days later when the matchups were rearranged since there were no more COVID-19 instances. This was because the match went into suspension rather than being abandoned.
Halfway through the third phase of the pursuit, Meredith seemed to be in pain and gestured to his side. This occurred after he had delivered a delivery that was 152 kilometers per hour. After sustaining a side strain when playing for Tasmania in a one-day cup game in September, this was his first game back at the domestic level since taking the injury. Jeff Vaughan, the coach of the Hurricanes, said to Channel 7 Meredith that the team will undergo scans on Tuesday.
To get off to a solid start in the Marsh One-Day Cup season on their home grounds at the Junction Oval, Victoria prevailed against Tasmania by three wickets with the use of a scorching session from Riley Meredith. The Tigers were able to stay in the game because of Beau Webster’s incredible performance. He followed up his game-high score of 83 (from 86 balls) with a two-wicket burst with the ball, which left the hosts in a precarious position with a total of 5-172 and having to chase 225.
However, rising gun Campbell Kellaway, who is 20 years old and has played extensively for Australia A over the winter, struck a crucial 46. Will Sutherland, who was 29 not out off 20 balls, then brought the Vics home with a six-over long-on with 31 balls to spare. Peter Handscomb, the captain of Victoria, who was coming off of a great run of one-day form for Leicestershire in the United Kingdom, raced to a fluent half-century off just 38 balls, which broke the back of the run chase. Tom Rogers’ 45 also contributed to the success of the chase.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 5 | 102 | 169 | 4 | 1/29 | 42.25 | 9.94 | 25.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 102 | 169 | 4 | 1/29 | 42.25 | 9.94 | 25.50 | 0 | 0 |
When the Punjab Kings paid INR 8 crore (about US$ 1.096 million) for Riley Meredith’s services on Thursday, he became the fifth-most expensive uncapped player since the beginning of the Indian Premier League auction. Meredith, a fast bowler from Tasmania who is 24 years old, has been in the spotlight for quite some time as a potential future player for Australia, notably by Shane Warne. He will get the opportunity to demonstrate his skills in advance of the Twenty20 World Cup, which will take place this year.
The 2018–2019 season was a home summer that proved to be a breakthrough for Meredith in all forms. Throughout eight Sheffield Shield matches, he got 27 wickets for Tasmania. In the Big Bash League, he grabbed 16 wickets for the Hobart Hurricanes, which helped them get to the semifinals. Warne, who has been a strong promoter of Meredith’s skills over the last three years, had already begun to make predictions about his potential for international selection then.
Meredith was only able to make six appearances in the Big Bash League in 2019-20 due to a side strain. However, when he did make it onto the field, he bowled at a high pace, taking ten wickets with an economy rate of just 6.68 throughout the season. In addition, he was able to dismiss both David Warner and Steven Smith in a Marsh Cup match against New South Wales. It was at that point that his performances gained the attention of Australia’s selectors, and as a result, he was selected for the extended limited-overs squad that would visit England in 2020. However, he was not given the chance to participate in the trip.
