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Full name Oliver Philip Rayner
Born November 1, 1985, Fallingbostel, Germany
Current age 22 years 349 days
Major teams Sussex,Sussex 2nd XI,Sussex Cricket Board
Nickname Mervin, Rocket
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height
6 ft 5 in
Education St Bede's
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
20
24
6
353
101
19.61
719
49.09
1
0
43
1
17
0
List A
15
13
6
151
61
21.57
174
86.78
0
1
16
4
4
0
Twenty20
7
3
0
16
11
5.33
18
88.88
0
0
0
1
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
20
33
3377
1804
51
5/49
8/96
35.37
3.20
66.2
1
3
0
List A
15
13
486
506
10
2/31
2/31
50.60
6.24
48.6
0
0
0
Twenty20
7
5
49
93
1
1/20
1/20
93.00
11.38
49.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
Sussex v Sri Lankans at Hove, May 18-21, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class
Sussex v Yorkshire at Hove, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
Kent v Sussex at Tunbridge Wells, Jun 4, 2006 scorecard
Last List A
Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Aug 13, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Sussex v Hampshire at Arundel, Jun 27, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Surrey v Sussex at The Oval, Jul 5, 2007 scorecard
Profile
After graduating from the Sussex and ECB academies Ollie Rayner signed a contract with Sussex in November 2005. Although primarily an offspinner, he became the first Sussex player since 1920 to score a century on debut when he scored 101 against the touring Sri Lankans in 2006. His main chance, though, came following the retirement of Mushtaq Ahmed in 2008 as he became the club's frontline spinner. By the end of the season he had done enough to earn a call-up to the England Performance Squad. Sam Collins September 2008
