Sam McDonald (14)
★ Div 1 Rep
Bowling – Third-Change Bowler
U14 (2025/26)
WA
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Competitions
Registered with:
Wellington District Cricket Association - Representative Teams · Harvey Benger Cricket Club Inc · Our Lady of Mercy College
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2011
(inferred from U14 eligibility, 2025/26 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2027/28 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
14/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
27/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Strong
~47/100
discounted — banded on wickets per match
Representative pathway — 6 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Regional representative — 4 matches (+0.6)
- ● Body of work — 81 imported matches (+1.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 59.0 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
High duck rate
Out for 0 in 14% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 27 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 47 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.47 for the level played (Rep Div 1 16 · Club 30). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 46 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 18 catches + 8 run outs (3 direct, 5 assisted) in 81 matches — 0.32 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 69 innings at 20.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 61 wickets in 73 matches bowled in (of 81 played) — 0.84 per match at 16.2, economy 3.70, strike rate 26.3.
Fielding — imported matches (81)
18
Ct (field)
7
Ct (WK)
0.31
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
5
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
33
Total dismissals
0.41
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
1034
Runs (69 inns)
20.42
Avg (adj)
59.01
Strike rate
50
High score
25
Not outs
4
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
61
Wickets (267.7 ov)
3.7
Economy
16.23
Average
27
Maidens
0.3
Extras / over
26.3
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 81 imported |
| Batting | 1034 runs in 69 inns @ 20.42 (SR 59.01) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 50, 10 ducks |
| Bowling | 61 wkts @ 16.23 (econ 3.7, SR 26.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-16 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 25 ct, 8 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 33 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.31
Catches / match
0.41
Dismissals / match
Across 81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 29 | 10 | 340 | 50* | 15.77 | 51.13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 21 | 9 | 417 | 50 | 28.37 | 62.24 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 19 | 6 | 277 | 35* | 19.18 | 80.06 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 129.2 | 10 | 503 | 23 | 21.87 | 3.89 | 33.7 |
| 2024/25 | 83 | 9 | 316 | 25 | 12.64 | 3.81 | 19.9 |
| 2023/24 | 55.5 | 8 | 171 | 13 | 13.15 | 3.08 | 25.6 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Pathway benchmark
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