Alex MacDonald (cricketer)
{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Alex MacDonald
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| fullname = Alexandra Louise MacDonald
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|10|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England
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| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = All-rounder
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| club1 = Gloucestershire
| year1 = {{nowrap|2008–2014}}
| club2 = Yorkshire
| year2 = {{nowrap|2014–2015}}
| club3 = Staffordshire
| year3 = 2016
| club4 = Loughborough Lightning
| year4 = 2016
| club5 = Gloucestershire
| year5 = 2017
| club6 = Yorkshire
| year6 = 2019–2021
| club7 = Northern Diamonds
| year7 = {{nowrap|2020–2021}}
| club8 = North Representative XI
| year8 = 2021
| club9 = Lincolnshire
| year9 = 2022
| columns = 2
| column1 = WLA
| matches1 = 65
| runs1 = 1,705
| bat avg1 = 37.06
| 100s/50s1 = 2/11
| top score1 = 117*
| deliveries1 = 1,958
| wickets1 = 44
| bowl avg1 = 21.65
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/12
| catches/stumpings1 = 26/–
| column2 = WT20
| matches2 = 53
| runs2 = 856
| bat avg2 = 23.78
| 100s/50s2 = 0/6
| top score2 = 71*
| deliveries2 = 816
| wickets2 = 34
| bowl avg2 = 20.47
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/17
| catches/stumpings2 = 16/–
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/300/300194/300194.html CricketArchive
| date = 8 October
| year = 2022
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/710565.html|title=Player Profile: Alex MacDonald|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/300/300194/300194.html|title=Player Profile: Alex MacDonald|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}}
Early life
MacDonald was born on 3 October 1991 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London.
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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/175/175424.html|title=Gloucestershire Women v Dorset Women, 2 May 2008|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/203/203273.html|title=Gloucestershire Women v Devon Women, 3 May 2009|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/203/203280.html|title=Gloucestershire Women v Wiltshire Women, 16 August 2009|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/18/LV_Womens_County_Championship_2013/Batting_by_Runs.html|title=Batting and Fielding in LV Women's County Championship 2013 (Ordered by Runs)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}}
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*.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/21/ECB_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2014/Yorkshire_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Yorkshire Women/ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}} 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*.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/602/602139.html|title=Gloucestershire Women v Scotland Women, 27 July 2014|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}} She played one more season for Yorkshire, in 2015, in which she took 4/28 in a match against Surrey.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/745/745933.html|title=Surrey Women v Yorkshire Women, 14 June 2015|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/27/NatWest_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2016/Staffordshire_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Staffordshire Women/NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}} In 2017, she returned to Gloucestershire for one match, in which she hit 81 against Essex.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1041/1041885.html|title=Gloucestershire Women v Essex Women, 27 August 2017|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/32/Vitality_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2019/Yorkshire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Yorkshire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/news/2021-news/lancashire-set-for-vitality-womens-county-t20/ |title=Lancashire set for Vitality Women's County T20 |publisher=Lancashire Cricket |access-date=24 April 2021}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1176/1176425.html |title=North East Warriors Women v North Representative Women's XI, 9 May 2021 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=28 September 2021}} In 2022, she joined Lincolnshire for the Twenty20 Cup, scoring 56* in the second of two matches she played for the side that season.{{cite web |url=https://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/results/4997289 |title=18 April 2022 @ 15:00: Leicestershire Women v Lincolnshire Women |publisher=Play-Cricket |access-date=19 April 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/35/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2022/Lincolnshire_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Lincolnshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 October 2022}}
=Regional cricket=
MacDonald was also in the Loughborough Lightning squad for the 2016 Women's Cricket Super League, but did not play a match.{{cite web|url=http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2016/04/21/georgia-elwiss-to-captain-loughborough-lightning/|title=Georgia Elwiss to captain Loughborough Lightning|date=21 April 2016 |publisher=4 The Love of Sport|access-date=27 March 2021}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/34/Rachael_Heyhoe-Flint_Trophy_2020/Northern_Diamonds_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Northern Diamonds/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/34/Rachael_Heyhoe-Flint_Trophy_2020/Northern_Diamonds_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Northern Diamonds/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-2020-1229289/thunder-vs-northern-diamonds-north-group-1229338/match-report|title=Alex MacDonald's 92 sets up Northern Diamonds victory over North West Thunder|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|access-date=27 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13889;team=6769;type=tournament |title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Northern Diamonds/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=28 September 2021}} She also took 9 wickets in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, including her Twenty20 best bowling figures of 4/17, taken against Western Storm.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13890;team=6769;type=tournament |title=Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Northern Diamonds/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=28 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/charlotte-edwards-cup-2021-1252410/western-storm-vs-northern-diamonds-group-b-1252422/full-scorecard |title=Group B, Taunton, Jul 10 2021, Charlotte Edwards Cup: Western Storm v Northern Diamonds |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=28 September 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=710565}}
- {{cricketarchive|id=300194}}
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Category:Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Category:People from Kingston upon Thames
Category:Gloucestershire women cricketers
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