Cooper Macdonald (20)
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 31 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 3.2 over 22 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
10 of 20 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
1.3 wides/no-balls per over is gifting runs and momentum. Groove the run-up and release with target bowling — a cone on a 4th-stump line, 30+ balls per session.
Only 0.03 catches per match over 31 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.
Out for 0 in 32% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 6 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 18 × 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 31). 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: 1 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 31 matches — 0.03 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 22 innings at 3.2 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 12 wickets in 30 matches bowled in (of 31 played) — 0.40 per match at 34.6, economy 5.02, strike rate 41.3.
Fielding — imported matches (31)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 31 imported |
| Batting | 65 runs in 22 inns @ 3.22 (SR 25) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 25, 7 ducks |
| Bowling | 12 wkts @ 34.58 (econ 5.02, SR 41.3) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-11 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 1 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 1 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1.4 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 9 | 0 | 47 | 25 | 5.22 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1.72 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 12 | 1 | 87 | 1 | 87 | 7.25 | 72 |
| 2017/18 | 34.7 | 1 | 166 | 6 | 27.67 | 4.79 | 34.7 |
| 2014/15 | 36 | 1 | 162 | 5 | 32.4 | 4.5 | 43.2 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Cooper compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.