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Full name Oliver Philip Rayner
Born November 1, 1985, Fallingbostel, Germany
Current age 24 years 10 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 | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 31 | 35 | 7 | 526 | 101 | 18.78 | 1027 | 51.21 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 3 | 32 | 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 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 31 | 48 | 5144 | 2674 | 71 | 5/49 | 8/96 | 37.66 | 3.11 | 72.4 | 2 | 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 |
| First-class debut | Sussex v Sri Lankans at Hove, May 18-21, 2006 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Sussex v Warwickshire at Hove, Sep 9-12, 2009 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 |
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
NBC Denis Compton Award 2006
NBC Denis Compton Award 2008
- Clarke papers over Australian cracks (Jun 26, 2009)
- Rayner pens new deal with Sussex (Oct 14, 2008)
- Lancashire labour to Rayner and Lewry (Aug 6, 2008)
- Durham surge to the top (Jul 19, 2008)
- Kent and Hampshire face heavy defeats (Jul 18, 2008)
Nov 14, 2008
Ollie Rayner gets in some net time before the Performance squad tour of India
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May 14, 2008
Ollie Rayner and Matt Prior celebrate running out Neil Edwards for 99
© Getty Images
May 31, 2006
Ol Rayner is trapped lbw by James Dalrymple for a second-ball duck
© Martin Williamson
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