Nicholas McDonald
Batting – Top-Order Batter
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Bomaderry Cricket Club · North Nowra Cambewarra Cricket Club · Shoalhaven District Cricket Association
Overall
Needs Work
10/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
39/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
60/100
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 130 imported matches (+2.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 55.9 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
medium
Batting
Not converting fifties into hundreds
Only 8% of 50+ scores become hundreds (12 fifties, 1 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.75.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 39 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 60 × 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 29). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 29 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 42 catches + 2 run outs (0 direct, 2 assisted) in 130 matches — 0.34 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 131 innings at 22.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 60 wickets in 65 matches bowled in (of 130 played) — 0.92 per match at 18.5, economy 3.75, strike rate 29.6.
Fielding — imported matches (130)
42
Ct (field)
1
Ct (WK)
0.33
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
2
Stumpings
47
Total dismissals
0.36
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
2690
Runs (131 inns)
22.42
Avg (adj)
55.88
Strike rate
132
High score
12
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
60
Wickets (295.5 ov)
3.75
Economy
18.48
Average
41
Maidens
0.07
Extras / over
29.6
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 130 imported |
| Batting | 2690 runs in 131 inns @ 22.42 (SR 55.88) |
| Milestones | 1×100, 12×50, HS 132, 13 ducks |
| Bowling | 60 wkts @ 18.48 (econ 3.75, SR 29.6) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-36 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 43 ct, 2 RO, 2 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 47 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.33
Catches / match
0.36
Dismissals / match
Across 130 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 24 | 15.11 | 39.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 10 | 1 | 222 | 61 | 24.42 | 59.84 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 17 | 1 | 206 | 48 | 12.83 | 55.68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 11 | 2 | 163 | 64 | 17.51 | 52.41 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 16 | 3 | 372 | 66 | 27.61 | 127.84 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 57.97 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 0 | 98 | 48 | 16.33 | 68.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 7 | 0 | 264 | 62 | 37.71 | 61.97 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 8 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 7.17 | 51.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 6 | 0 | 134 | 53 | 22.33 | 194.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 14 | 2 | 361 | 132 | 29.47 | 157.64 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 37 | 17 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 16 | 1 | 361 | 64 | 23.97 | 58.04 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 5 | 0 | 221 | 77 | 44.2 | 123.46 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 78 | 26 | 76.47 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 13.3 | 1 | 68 | 4 | 17 | 5.1 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 57.7 | 5 | 243 | 14 | 17.36 | 4.21 | 24.7 |
| 2023/24 | 18 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 19.5 | 2.17 | 54 |
| 2022/23 | 13 | 2 | 57 | 3 | 19 | 4.38 | 26 |
| 2020/21 | 9.8 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 18.5 | 3.76 | 29.5 |
| 2019/20 | 19 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 17.33 | 2.74 | 38 |
| 2018/19 | 30 | 7 | 85 | 5 | 17 | 2.83 | 36 |
| 2017/18 | 16.8 | 2 | 55 | 7 | 7.86 | 3.27 | 14.4 |
| 2016/17 | 17.5 | 4 | 77 | 5 | 15.4 | 4.4 | 21 |
| 2015/16 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | 5.6 | — |
| 2014/15 | 68.3 | 10 | 275 | 12 | 22.92 | 4.02 | 34.2 |
| 2013/14 | 17 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 60 | 3.53 | 102 |
| 2012/13 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 16.5 | 3.3 | 30 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017/18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016/17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012/13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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