Alex MacDonald (cricketer)

Alexandra Louise MacDonald (born 3 October 1991) is an English cricketer who plays as an all-rounder, batting left-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She has played domestic cricket for Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, North Representative XI, Lincolnshire and Northern Diamonds.^[1][2]

Alex MacDonald

Personal information
Full name	Alexandra Louise MacDonald
Born	(1991-10-03) 3 October 1991 (age 32) Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–2014	Gloucestershire
2014–2015	Yorkshire
2016	Staffordshire
2016	Loughborough Lightning
2017	Gloucestershire
2019–2021	Yorkshire
2020–2021	Northern Diamonds
2021	North Representative XI
2022	Lincolnshire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20 Matches 65 53 Runs scored 1,705 856 Batting average 37.06 23.78 100s/50s 2/11 0/6 Top score 117* 71* Balls bowled 1,958 816 Wickets 44 34 Bowling average 21.65 20.47 5 wickets in innings 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 5/12 4/17 Catches/stumpings 26/– 16/–
Source: CricketArchive, 8 October 2022

Early life

MacDonald was born on 3 October 1991 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London.^[2]

Domestic career

County cricket

MacDonald made her county debut in 2008, for Gloucestershire against Dorset, in which she scored 34 in a 216 run victory.^[3] She took her maiden county five-wicket haul a year later, taking 5/12 against Dorset, as well as scoring her first county half-century the same season, with 59 against Wiltshire.^[4][5] She played for Gloucestershire until the 2014 season, with her best season coming in 2013, when she hit 468 runs in the County Championship, the third highest overall, with 1 century and 4 half-centuries.^[6]

MacDonald played for Yorkshire in the 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and was their leading run-scorer in the competition, with 193 runs including her Twenty20 high score of 71*.^[7] She also played one match for Gloucestershire in the 2014 Women's County Championship, in which she hit her highest List A score, of 117*.^[8] She played one more season for Yorkshire, in 2015, in which she took 4/28 in a match against Surrey.^[9]

In 2016, MacDonald played one season for Staffordshire, in which she was most successful in the 2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 99 runs at an average of 24.75.^[10] In 2017, she returned to Gloucestershire for one match, in which she hit 81 against Essex.^[11]

After a season's break, MacDonald returned to Yorkshire for the 2019 season, and was most successful with the ball in the Twenty20 Cup, taking 8 wickets at an average of 7.62.^[12] In 2021, MacDonald was named as part of the Yorkshire contingent of the North Representative XI squad for the Twenty20 Cup, as well as playing one match for Yorkshire.^[13] She hit one half-century for the North Representative XI, scoring 50 to help her side to a 5 wicket victory over North East Warriors.^[14] In 2022, she joined Lincolnshire for the Twenty20 Cup, scoring 56* in the second of two matches she played for the side that season.^[15][16]

Regional cricket

MacDonald was also in the Loughborough Lightning squad for the 2016 Women's Cricket Super League, but did not play a match.^[17]

In 2020, MacDonald played for Northern Diamonds in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in seven matches as the side reached the final, scoring 122 runs at an average of 20.33 and taking 4 wickets at an average of 20.25.^[18][19] Her high score for the side came in a match against North West Thunder, in which she scored 92 to bring the team within one win of the final.^[20] In 2021, she played seven matches for the side across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with a high score of 39.^[21] She also took 9 wickets in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, including her Twenty20 best bowling figures of 4/17, taken against Western Storm.^[22][23]

References

1. "Player Profile: Alex MacDonald". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
2. "Player Profile: Alex MacDonald". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
3. "Gloucestershire Women v Dorset Women, 2 May 2008". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
4. "Gloucestershire Women v Devon Women, 3 May 2009". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
5. "Gloucestershire Women v Wiltshire Women, 16 August 2009". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
6. "Batting and Fielding in LV Women's County Championship 2013 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
7. "Batting and Fielding for Yorkshire Women/ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
8. "Gloucestershire Women v Scotland Women, 27 July 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
9. "Surrey Women v Yorkshire Women, 14 June 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "Batting and Fielding for Staffordshire Women/NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. "Gloucestershire Women v Essex Women, 27 August 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
12. "Bowling for Yorkshire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
13. "Lancashire set for Vitality Women's County T20". Lancashire Cricket. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
14. "North East Warriors Women v North Representative Women's XI, 9 May 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
15. "18 April 2022 @ 15:00: Leicestershire Women v Lincolnshire Women". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
16. "Batting and Fielding for Lincolnshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
17. "Georgia Elwiss to captain Loughborough Lightning". 4 The Love of Sport. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
18. "Batting and Fielding for Northern Diamonds/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
19. "Bowling for Northern Diamonds/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
20. "Alex MacDonald's 92 sets up Northern Diamonds victory over North West Thunder". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
21. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Northern Diamonds/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
22. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Northern Diamonds/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
23. "Group B, Taunton, Jul 10 2021, Charlotte Edwards Cup: Western Storm v Northern Diamonds". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

External links

• Alex MacDonald at ESPNcricinfo
• Alex MacDonald at CricketArchive (subscription required)