Craig MacDonald
Batting – Middle-Order Batter
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Research Eltham Collegians Cricket Club · Lalor Stars Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
7/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
33/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 16 imported matches (+0.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 12.0 over 15 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Strengths
- ✓ Safe hands — 6 catches in 16 matches (0.38 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 33 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). 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 5). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 5 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 6 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 16 matches — 0.38 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 15 innings at 12.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- Not rated: 4 wickets from 20.3 overs across 7 matches bowled in (of 16 played) — 0.57 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (16)
6
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.38
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
6
Total dismissals
0.38
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
169
Runs (15 inns)
12.02
Avg (adj)
45.89
Strike rate
31
High score
1
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
4
Wickets (20.3 ov)
5.26
Economy
26.75
Average
2
Maidens
0.34
Extras / over
30.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 16 imported |
| Batting | 169 runs in 15 inns @ 12.02 (SR 45.89) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 31, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 4 wkts @ 26.75 (econ 5.26, SR 30.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-31 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 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.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 6 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.38
Catches / match
0.38
Dismissals / match
Across 16 imported match(es).
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 22* | 14.69 | 58.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 32.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 31 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 17 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | — | 6.67 | — |
| 2025/26 | 1.8 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — | 9.27 | — |
| 2021/22 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 2.6 | 30 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 14 | — |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 18 |
| 2008/09 | 6.5 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 15.5 | 4.77 | 19.5 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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