Paul McDonald
Bowling – First-Change Bowler
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Overall
Needs Work
8/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Proficient
37/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
54/100
Representative pathway — 0 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 9 imported matches (+0.2)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Getting starts but not surviving
Adjusted average of 11.3 over 7 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.38.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 37 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 54 × 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 9). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 9 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 4 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 9 matches — 0.44 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 7 innings at 11.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 11 wickets in 8 matches bowled in (of 9 played) — 1.38 per match at 20.9, economy 3.38, strike rate 37.1.
Fielding — imported matches (9)
4
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.44
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
4
Total dismissals
0.44
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
69
Runs (7 inns)
11.27
Avg (adj)
55.65
Strike rate
24
High score
1
Not outs
9
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
11
Wickets (68 ov)
3.38
Economy
20.91
Average
11
Maidens
0.04
Extras / over
37.1
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 9 imported |
| Batting | 69 runs in 7 inns @ 11.27 (SR 55.65) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 24, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 11 wkts @ 20.91 (econ 3.38, SR 37.1) |
| Best / 5WI | 2-13 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 4 ct, 0 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 4 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.44
Catches / match
0.44
Dismissals / match
Across 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 7.2 | 37.11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 24 | 24.75 | 122.22 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 30 | 5 | 83 | 5 | 16.6 | 2.77 | 36 |
| 2024/25 | 38 | 6 | 147 | 6 | 24.5 | 3.87 | 38 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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