Craig McDonald
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 66 imported matches (+1.3)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 8.2 over 52 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Only 0.14 catches per match over 66 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
29 of 39 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.
Out for 0 in 19% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Economy of 3.12 is excellent but a wicket every 44 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.12.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 14 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 46 × 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 66). 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 + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 66 matches — 0.14 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 52 innings at 8.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 115 wickets in 66 matches — 1.74 per match at 22.7, economy 3.12, strike rate 43.8.
Fielding — imported matches (66)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 66 imported |
| Batting | 340 runs in 52 inns @ 8.17 (SR 67.44) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 54, 10 ducks |
| Bowling | 115 wkts @ 22.72 (econ 3.12, SR 43.8) |
| Best / 5WI | 6-49 · 4 five-fors |
| Fielding | 9 ct, 0 RO, 0 st |
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 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7* | 8.25 | 84.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 13 | 5 | 70 | 15 | 7.46 | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 9 | 1 | 62 | 22 | 7.65 | 413.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 10 | 3 | 105 | 54 | 13.65 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 20 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2* | 1.88 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 19 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8* | 6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006/07 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005/06 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 23 | 8 | 64 | 2 | 32 | 2.78 | 69 |
| 2019/20 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 2.63 | 48 |
| 2017/18 | 78 | 25 | 170 | 11 | 15.45 | 2.18 | 42.5 |
| 2015/16 | 130.2 | 33 | 369 | 15 | 24.6 | 2.83 | 52.1 |
| 2014/15 | 166.2 | 32 | 531 | 18 | 29.5 | 3.2 | 55.4 |
| 2013/14 | 185.7 | 45 | 591 | 22 | 26.86 | 3.18 | 50.6 |
| 2012/13 | 43 | 5 | 159 | 8 | 19.88 | 3.7 | 32.3 |
| 2011/12 | 66.2 | 13 | 215 | 18 | 11.94 | 3.25 | 22.1 |
| 2010/11 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 0 | — | 2.22 | — |
| 2009/10 | 12.7 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1.66 | 76 |
| 2008/09 | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 41 | 4.1 | 60 |
| 2007/08 | 63 | 10 | 228 | 12 | 19 | 3.62 | 31.5 |
| 2006/07 | 16 | 2 | 73 | 1 | 73 | 4.56 | 96 |
| 2005/06 | 28 | 4 | 110 | 5 | 22 | 3.93 | 33.6 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009/10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Craig compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.