Brendan McDonald

Bowling – Second-Change Bowler NSW Anchor / accumulator
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Competitions
Registered with: Gordon District Cricket Club (Premier) · Lindisfarne Cricket Club · Woodville Cricket Club · I Zingari Australia Cricket Club
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Overall Proficient
36/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding Advance
64/100
Batting Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling Proficient
39/100

Representative pathway — 14 pathway points in the overall rating

  • ● Premier or state pathway — 115 matches (+10.0)
  • ● Regional representative — 10 matches (+1.5)
  • ● Body of work — 130 imported matches (+2.6)

Critical recommendations

high Batting
Strike rotation needs urgent work

Strike rate of 63.2 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 0% of 50+ scores become hundreds (8 fifties, 0 hundreds). Practise batting in long blocks and resetting targets at 50.

medium Bowling
Tight but not threatening

Economy of 3.95 is excellent but a wicket every 44 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.

info Fielding
Fielding is a selection weapon

0.72 catches per match is elite for this level — keep it visible by taking the hardest catching positions in big games.

Strengths

  • ✓ Safe hands — 93 catches in 130 matches (0.72 per match), a genuine selection asset.
How these ratings are calculated
Overall
Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 64 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 39 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
Level
×0.78 for the level played (1st grade 125 · Club 5). 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: 93 catches + 8 run outs (8 direct, 0 assisted) in 130 matches — 0.78 per match.
Batting
Not rated: 126 innings at 20.1 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
Bowling
186 wickets in 123 matches bowled in (of 130 played) — 1.51 per match at 28.8, economy 3.95, strike rate 43.8.

Fielding — imported matches (130)

93
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.72
Catches / match
8
RO (direct)
0
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
101
Total dismissals
0.78
Dismissals / match

Batting — imported matches

2175
Runs (126 inns)
20.14
Avg (adj)
63.16
Strike rate
98
High score
21
Not outs
8
Median position
Century (100+) Fifty (50–99) Not out (under 50) Out (under 50)

Bowling — imported matches

186
Wickets (1357.5 ov)
3.95
Economy
28.82
Average
162
Maidens
0.03
Extras / over
43.8
Strike rate

Dismissal pattern

Imported-match summary

Matches 130 imported
Batting 2175 runs in 126 inns @ 20.14 (SR 63.16)
Milestones 0×100, 8×50, HS 98, 12 ducks
Bowling 186 wkts @ 28.82 (econ 3.95, SR 43.8)
Best / 5WI 6-65 · 2 five-fors
Fielding 93 ct, 8 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 101 dismissals they were involved in.

Per-match fielding rate

0.72
Catches / match
0.78
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
2017/18 1 0 1 1 1 — 0 0
2016/17 2 0 17 15 8.5 — 0 0
2013/14 1 0 8 8 8 — 0 0
2012/13 20 3 398 72 22.89 90.05 2 0
2011/12 18 3 376 96* 24.37 62.25 2 0
2010/11 23 6 436 52* 23.9 59.73 1 0
2009/10 20 3 255 29 14.66 57.05 0 0
2008/09 18 4 231 36* 15.69 66.19 0 0
2007/08 18 1 330 79 19.35 91.41 2 0
2006/07 3 1 122 98* 54.22 73.49 1 0
2005/06 2 0 1 1 0.5 11.11 0 0

Bowling

Season Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR
2017/18 3 0 26 0 — 8.67 —
2016/17 12 1 61 2 30.5 5.08 36
2013/14 3 1 15 1 15 5 18
2012/13 121.5 12 493 11 44.82 4.06 66.3
2011/12 139.2 11 690 21 32.86 4.96 39.8
2010/11 139.3 14 613 24 25.54 4.4 34.8
2009/10 270 21 1,111 30 37.03 4.11 54
2008/09 260 35 904 47 19.23 3.48 33.2
2007/08 297.5 47 1,043 43 24.26 3.51 41.5
2006/07 47 9 149 2 74.5 3.17 141
2005/06 65 11 255 5 51 3.92 78

Fielding

Season Ct WK Ct RO St Dismissals
2017/18 1 0 0 0 1
2016/17 1 0 0 0 1
2012/13 15 0 0 0 15
2011/12 6 0 1 0 7
2010/11 15 0 2 0 17
2009/10 14 0 4 0 18
2008/09 19 0 0 0 19
2007/08 19 0 0 0 19
2006/07 2 0 0 0 2
2005/06 1 0 1 0 2
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