Austen Dowd-McDonald (16)
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
U14 (2023/24)
NSW
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Competitions
Registered with:
Parramatta District Cricket Association - Rep Teams · Oakhill College, Castle Hill · North West Sydney Hurricanes District Cricket Club · Kings Langley Cricket Club
Age:
Born on/after 1 Sep 2009
(inferred from U14 eligibility, 2023/24 season)
Green Shield:
0 season(s) played
· last GS year 2025/26 (ages out of U16 after this)
Overall
Needs Work
11/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
29/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Elite
78/100
Representative pathway — 4 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Premier or state pathway — 8 matches (+3.2)
- ● Body of work — 47 imported matches (+0.9)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work
Strike rate of 57.4 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 17% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 9.2.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 2.73.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 20 balls.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 29 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 78 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.31 for the level played (Rep Div 2 8 · Club 39). 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: 8 catches + 5 run outs (3 direct, 2 assisted) in 47 matches — 0.28 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 36 innings at 17.9 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 50 wickets in 42 matches bowled in (of 47 played) — 1.19 per match at 9.2, economy 2.73, strike rate 20.2.
Fielding — imported matches (47)
8
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.17
Catches / match
3
RO (direct)
2
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
13
Total dismissals
0.28
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
515
Runs (36 inns)
17.88
Avg (adj)
57.4
Strike rate
53
High score
9
Not outs
5
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
50
Wickets (168.2 ov)
2.73
Economy
9.18
Average
36
Maidens
0.27
Extras / over
20.2
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 47 imported |
| Batting | 515 runs in 36 inns @ 17.88 (SR 57.4) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 2×50, HS 53, 6 ducks |
| Bowling | 50 wkts @ 9.18 (econ 2.73, SR 20.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-6 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 5 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 13 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.17
Catches / match
0.28
Dismissals / match
Across 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 16 | 4 | 331 | 53* | 25.86 | 96.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 20 | 5 | 184 | 27 | 11.5 | 41.07 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 82 | 20 | 227 | 29 | 7.83 | 2.77 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | 86.2 | 16 | 232 | 21 | 11.05 | 2.69 | 24.6 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Pathway benchmark
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