🏅🛡️ Blake Macdonald (28)
★ Div 1 Rep
Batting – Top-Order Batter
NSW
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Teams played for
Competitions
Registered with:
CNSW Pathways - Representative Teams · Nightcliff Cricket Club · NSW · Victoria · Wests Cricket Club · Sandgate - Redcliffe DCC · St George District Cricket Club · Melbourne Stars · St Kilda Cricket Club
🏏 Century highlight · ball-by-ball
182 off 128
First Grade (Belvidere Cup) · 2023/24 · 8×4, 14×6
· SR 142
The story is the acceleration: a measured first fifty off 56 balls (SR 89), then 50 to 100 in just 36 (SR 139) — more than double the tempo.
Scoring breakdown
116 of 182 runs (64%) in boundaries · 41% dots
Runs vs balls faced
0→20
· 24 balls · SR 83
watchful
20→40
· 19 balls · SR 105
steady
40→50
· 13 balls · SR 77
watchful
50→60
· 4 balls · SR 250
explosive
60→80
· 12 balls · SR 167
brisk
80→100
· 20 balls · SR 100
steady
Overall
Elite
90/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
53/100
Batting
Advance
82/100
Bowling
Not enough data
Representative pathway — 58 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● State representation (+12)
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● First-class, BBL or international — 13 matches (+16.0)
- ● National championships — 15 matches (+14.0)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 23 matches (+9.2)
- ● Body of work — 139 imported matches (+2.8)
Critical recommendations
medium
Batting
Too many aerial dismissals
104 of 135 dismissals caught. Review shot selection — particularly lofted drives and pulls early in the innings. Train hitting along the ground until set.
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Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon
0.58 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.
Strengths
- ✓ Consistent run-scorer — adjusted average 38.3.
- ✓ Proven ability to go big — 12 hundred(s), best of 182.
- ✓ Safe hands — 81 catches in 139 matches (0.58 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 53 × 40% · Batting 82 × 30% · Bowling not rated (weight redistributed). Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.90 for the level played (National competition 28 · 1st grade 23 · Club 3). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 54 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 81 catches + 2 run outs (0 direct, 2 assisted) in 139 matches — 0.60 per match.
- Batting
- 5,201 runs in 146 innings, adjusted average 38.3, strike rate 74.8. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
- Bowling
- Not rated: 0 wickets from 1.0 overs across 1 matches bowled in (of 139 played) — 0.00 per match, under the 0.25 floor. Bowls too rarely to judge.
Fielding — imported matches (139)
81
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.58
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
83
Total dismissals
0.6
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
5201
Runs (146 inns)
38.31
Avg (adj)
74.84
Strike rate
182
High score
11
Not outs
3
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
0
Wickets (1 ov)
3
Economy
—
Average
0
Maidens
1
Extras / over
—
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 139 imported |
| Batting | 5201 runs in 146 inns @ 38.31 (SR 74.84) |
| Milestones | 12×100, 27×50, HS 182, 9 ducks |
| Bowling | 0 wkts @ — (econ 3, SR —) |
| Best / 5WI | 0-0 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 81 ct, 2 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 83 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.58
Catches / match
0.6
Dismissals / match
Across 139 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 | 5 | 0 | 144 | 45 | 28.8 | 64.29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 37 | 4 | 1,068 | 113 | 31.99 | 70.22 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024/25 | 28 | 1 | 1,061 | 139 | 39.25 | 86.4 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | 48 | 6 | 1,763 | 182 | 41.32 | 84.88 | 10 | 5 |
| 2022/23 | 26 | 0 | 1,083 | 144 | 41.65 | 82.29 | 9 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 63 | 41 | 60.29 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | — |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025/26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| 2022/23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2021/22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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