Paul Donaldson

Bowling – First-Change Bowler WA Anchor / accumulator
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Registered with: Claremont Nedlands Cricket Club · Albany & Districts Cricket Association · Western Suburbs Cricket Club · Manypeaks Cricket Club
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🏏 Century highlight
100 off 122
2nd Grade · 2013/14 · 10×4, 4×6 · SR 82

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Overall Needs Work
24/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Needs Work
19/100
Batting Proficient
56/100
Bowling Proficient
51/100

Representative pathway — 17 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 131 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 23 matches (+3.4)
  • ● Body of work — 186 imported matches (+3.7)

Critical recommendations

medium Batting
High duck rate

Out for 0 in 12% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.

medium Fielding
Low overall fielding impact

0.20 dismissals per match across 186 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.

Strengths

  • ✓ Proven ability to go big — 2 hundred(s), best of 127.
  • ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.55.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 19 × 40% · Batting 56 × 30% · Bowling 51 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.56 for the level played (1st grade 91 · 2nd grade 60 · 3rd grade 2 · Club 32 · 4th grade 1). 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: 34 catches + 4 run outs (4 direct, 0 assisted) in 186 matches — 0.20 per match.
Batting
2,514 runs in 136 innings, adjusted average 23.8, strike rate 69.7. Qualifies on the floors (avg ≥ 20, SR ≥ 40).
Bowling
264 wickets in 160 matches bowled in (of 186 played) — 1.65 per match at 21.7, economy 3.55, strike rate 36.7.

Fielding — imported matches (186)

34
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.18
Catches / match
4
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
38
Total dismissals
0.2
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

2514
Runs (136 inns)
23.79
Avg (adj)
69.74
Strike rate
127
High score
39
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

264
Wickets (1614.8 ov)
3.55
Economy
21.73
Average
231
Maidens
0.08
Extras / over
36.7
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 186 imported
Batting 2514 runs in 136 inns @ 23.79 (SR 69.74)
Milestones 2×100, 8×50, HS 127, 16 ducks
Bowling 264 wkts @ 21.73 (econ 3.55, SR 36.7)
Best / 5WI 8-51 · 8 five-fors
Fielding 34 ct, 4 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 38 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.18
Catches / match
0.2
Dismissals / match

Across 186 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 7 2 91 33 16.71 61.49 0 0
2021/22 7 3 223 127* 45.51 125.99 0 1
2020/21 9 3 227 68* 33.63 85.34 1 0
2019/20 3 1 49 22 21.78 81.67 0 0
2018/19 1 0 39 39 39 65 0 0
2017/18 6 2 177 93* 39.33 88.5 1 0
2016/17 11 3 190 63* 21.98 158.33 1 0
2015/16 12 4 270 64 30 225 1 0
2014/15 14 5 261 76 25.3 636.59 2 0
2013/14 15 3 299 100 23.92 186.88 1 1
2010/11 16 3 215 58 15.96 — 1 0
2009/10 10 1 64 38 7.04 — 0 0
2008/09 12 3 167 34 17.4 — 0 0
2007/08 9 3 125 46* 18.52 — 0 0
2006/07 4 3 117 41* 51.19 — 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2022/23 30 1 114 3 38 3.8 60
2021/22 70 9 263 17 15.47 3.76 24.7
2020/21 53.2 8 199 8 24.88 3.74 39.9
2019/20 7 0 21 1 21 3 42
2018/19 9 1 44 1 44 4.89 54
2017/18 86.2 16 302 16 18.88 3.5 32.3
2016/17 139.2 17 519 23 22.57 3.73 36.3
2015/16 142.3 22 472 21 22.48 3.32 40.7
2014/15 173.3 29 594 31 19.16 3.43 33.5
2013/14 193 21 724 33 21.94 3.75 35.1
2010/11 188 20 702 31 22.65 3.73 36.4
2009/10 162 15 655 19 34.47 4.04 51.2
2008/09 163.8 31 488 29 16.83 2.98 33.9
2007/08 127.2 20 477 14 34.07 3.75 54.5
2006/07 70.7 21 164 17 9.65 2.32 24.9

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2022/23 1 0 0 0 1
2021/22 1 0 0 0 1
2020/21 5 0 0 0 5
2019/20 1 0 0 0 1
2017/18 1 0 0 0 1
2016/17 5 0 2 0 7
2015/16 1 0 1 0 2
2014/15 2 0 1 0 3
2013/14 1 0 0 0 1
2010/11 8 0 0 0 8
2009/10 2 0 0 0 2
2008/09 2 0 0 0 2
2007/08 2 0 0 0 2
2006/07 2 0 0 0 2
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