Josh Macdonald
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
West Newport Cricket Club · Glen Orden Sports Club · Grand United Cricket Club · Williamstown and District Cricket Association · Western Region Junior Cricket Association
Overall
Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
46/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
50/100
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 16 imported matches (+0.3)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 48.1 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 13% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.01.
- ✓ 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 46 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 50 × 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 16). 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: 6 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 16 matches — 0.44 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 15 innings at 16.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 21 wickets in 14 matches bowled in (of 16 played) — 1.50 per match at 19.7, economy 3.01, strike rate 39.2.
Fielding — imported matches (16)
6
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.38
Catches / match
1
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
7
Total dismissals
0.44
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
212
Runs (15 inns)
16.02
Avg (adj)
48.12
Strike rate
43
High score
2
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
21
Wickets (137.3 ov)
3.01
Economy
19.71
Average
28
Maidens
0.1
Extras / over
39.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 16 imported |
| Batting | 212 runs in 15 inns @ 16.02 (SR 48.12) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 43, 2 ducks |
| Bowling | 21 wkts @ 19.71 (econ 3.01, SR 39.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-33 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 6 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 7 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.38
Catches / match
0.44
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 7.33 | 220 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 28 | 17 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 6 | 1 | 74 | 30 | 14.39 | 60.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 43 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9* | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 30 | 3 | 112 | 3 | 37.33 | 3.73 | 60 |
| 2020/21 | 13 | 3 | 41 | 4 | 10.25 | 3.15 | 19.5 |
| 2019/20 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 0 | — | 1.5 | — |
| 2018/19 | 66.3 | 18 | 156 | 13 | 12 | 2.35 | 30.6 |
| 2017/18 | 15 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 72 | 4.8 | 90 |
| 2011/12 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | — | 4.2 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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