Paul McDonald
Batting – Top-Order Batter
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Competitions
Registered with:
Veterans Cricket VIC Representative Teams · Doutta Stars Cricket Club · Glen Waverley Hawks Veterans Cricket Club · Essendon Veterans Cricket Club Inc · Cricket Australia Masters · Veterans Cricket Victoria · Hobsons Bay Over 60
Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
18/100
Batting
Proficient
39/100
Bowling
Strong
~48/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 4 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 25 matches (+3.8)
- ● Body of work — 30 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 46.4 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Strengths
- ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 31.6.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 18 × 40% · Batting 39 × 30% · Bowling 48 × 30%. 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 30). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 9 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 30 matches — 0.33 per match.
- Batting
- 607 runs in 27 innings, adjusted average 31.6, strike rate 46.4. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- 22 wickets in 26 matches bowled in (of 30 played) — 0.85 per match at 15.1, economy 3.17, strike rate 28.5.
Fielding — imported matches (30)
9
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.3
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
10
Total dismissals
0.33
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
607
Runs (27 inns)
31.64
Avg (adj)
46.37
Strike rate
61
High score
11
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
22
Wickets (104.7 ov)
3.17
Economy
15.09
Average
5
Maidens
0.06
Extras / over
28.5
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 30 imported |
| Batting | 607 runs in 27 inns @ 31.64 (SR 46.37) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 3×50, HS 61, 0 ducks |
| Bowling | 22 wkts @ 15.09 (econ 3.17, SR 28.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-25 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 9 ct, 1 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 10 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.3
Catches / match
0.33
Dismissals / match
Across 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 17* | 21.38 | 46.34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 3 | 111 | 35* | 48.56 | 103.74 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 17 | 13.33 | 23.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 58.49 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 8 | 3 | 177 | 51* | 30.42 | 60.41 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 50* | 41.11 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 23 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 1 | 94 | 61* | 41.78 | — | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 2.67 | 36 |
| 2020/21 | 14 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 26 | 3.71 | 42 |
| 2019/20 | 11.8 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 4.23 | 71 |
| 2018/19 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
| 2017/18 | 27.5 | 1 | 99 | 5 | 19.8 | 3.6 | 33 |
| 2016/17 | 19 | 3 | 43 | 5 | 8.6 | 2.26 | 22.8 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 2.6 | 30 |
| 2014/15 | 11.3 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 5.17 | 2.74 | 11.3 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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