Brendan Doggett

{{short description|Australian cricketer (born 1994)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Brendan Doggett

| fullname = Brendan James Doggett

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|05|03|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role = Bowler

| club1 = Cricket Australia XI

| year1 = {{nowrap|2016/17}}

| club2 = Queensland

| year2 = {{nowrap|2017/18–2020/21}}

| clubnumber2 = 35

| club3 = Brisbane Heat

| year3 = {{nowrap|2017/18–2018/19}}

| club4 = Sydney Thunder

| year4 = {{nowrap|2019/20–2022/23}}

| clubnumber4 = 35

| club5 = South Australia

| year5 = {{nowrap|2021/22-present}}

| clubnumber5 = 35

| club6 = Adelaide Strikers

| year6 = {{nowrap|2023/24}}

| clubnumber6 = 35

| club7 = Durham

| year7 = {{nowrap|2025}}

| clubnumber7 =

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 45

| runs1 = 362

| bat avg1 = 8.82

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 49

| deliveries1 = 8,392

| wickets1 = 168

| bowl avg1 = 27.00

| fivefor1 = 7

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 6/15

| catches/stumpings1 = 18/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 16

| runs2 = 27

| bat avg2 = 6.75

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 11

| deliveries2 = 775

| wickets2 = 24

| bowl avg2 = 36.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 4/75

| catches/stumpings2 = 6/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 48

| runs3 = 87

| bat avg3 = 10.87

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 47*

| deliveries3 = 890

| wickets3 = 43

| bowl avg3 = 28.74

| fivefor3 = 1

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 5/35

| catches/stumpings3 = 15/–

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/931603.html ESPNcricinfo

| date = 30 March

| year = 2025

}}

Brendan James Doggett (born 3 May 1994) is an Australian cricketer. A tall right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his this List A debut for Cricket Australia XI on 1 October 2016.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/999/999089.html| title = Queensland v Cricket Australia XI 2016–17| work = CricketArchive| access-date = 17 October 2016|url-access=subscription}}{{cite journal|journal= The Courier-Mail| first=Ben |last=Dorries |title=Brendan Doggett just second indigenous player to earn Queensland contract|date=3 August 2016|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/cricket/brendan-doggett-just-second-indigenous-player-to-earn-queensland-contract/news-story/1d471a66beb279e562f439d683823875 |access-date=17 October 2016}} He made his first-class debut for Queensland in the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season on 26 October 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118864.html |title=1st match (D/N), Sheffield Shield at Brisbane, Oct 26–29 2017 |access-date=26 October 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} On 31 October 2017, he signed his first Big Bash League contract for the Brisbane Heat.{{cite web |url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/matthew-renshaw-signs-first-big-bash-league-contract-brisbane-heat-bbl07-brendan-doggett/2017-10-31 |title=Test Turtle heats up for Big Bash race |access-date=31 October 2017 |work= cricket.com.au|publisher=Cricket Australia}} He made his Twenty20 debut for Brisbane Heat in the 2017–18 Big Bash League season on 20 December 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1114857.html |title=2nd Match, Big Bash League at Brisbane, Dec 20 2017 |access-date=20 December 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

Domestic career

=Queensland=

At the beginning of the 2016-17 season, Doggett earned a rookie contract with the Queensland Bulls, becoming just the second Indigenous Australian to have a contract with the team, but he did not play for them throughout the season, instead making his List A for Cricket Australia XI in the 2016–17 Matador BBQs One-Day Cup. He played in the first match against Queensland, and late in the innings he bowled fellow Queenslander Ben Cutting to take his first List A wicket.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8626/report/1036441/Queensland-vs-Cricket-Australia-XI-1st-Match-matador-bbqs-one-day-cup|title=Queensland get the better of Cricket Australia XI|date=1 October 2016|access-date=28 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} He took six wickets across four matches in the tournament, the second-most of any player for Cricket Australia XI.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/matador-bbq-cup-2016/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=11377;team=5437;type=tournament|title=Matador BBQs One-Day Cup, 2016/17 – Cricket Australia XI / Records / Batting and bowling averages|access-date=28 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}}

No longer in the Cricket Australia XI squad, Doggett played his first matches for Queensland in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup and took five wickets for the team while conceding 6.19 runs per over in four matches.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12012;team=510;type=tournament|title=Records / JLT One-Day Cup, 2017/18 – Queensland / Batting and bowling averages|access-date=28 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} He then made his first-class debut in the opening round of the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season. In his first innings of first-class bowling he had impressive figures of 4/33 while Victoria were bowled out for 148.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8043/report/1118864/Queensland-vs-Victoria-1st-match-Sheffield-Shield-2017-18|title=Khawaja, Doggett put Queensland in command|last=Brettig|first=Daniel|date=27 October 2017|access-date=28 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} In February 2018, in round eight of the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/day-four-south-australia-redbacks-queensland-bulls-sheffield-shield-adelaide-oval-highlights/2018-02-28 |title=Bulls triumph despite Head, Carey fireworks |access-date=28 February 2018 |work=cricket.com.au|publisher=Cricket Australia}}

=South Australia=

In 2021 Doggett moved to Adelaide and began playing for South Australia.{{cite web |title=Brendan Doggett |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1790/1790705/1790705.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=11 February 2023}}

Doggett won the player of the match award in the 2024-25 Sheffield Shield Final, having taken 11 wickets in the match, including 6/31 in the first innings and 5/109 in the second.{{cite web|title=Sangha and Carey tons hand South Australia first Shield title in 29 years|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sheffield-shield-2024-25-1444468/south-australia-vs-queensland-final-1444522/match-report|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|date=29 March 2025}} His efforts led South Australia to their first Sheffield Shield title in 29 years. His match figures of 11/140 were the best ever figures in a Sheffield Shield final.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DHvHS9Ktz1s/|title=Brendan Doggett's figures at the Karen Rolton Oval are the best-ever returns in a Shield decider!|publisher=cricket.com.au|via=Instagram|date=28 March 2025}}

=County Cricket=

In February, Doggett signed a short-term contract with Durham County Cricket Club to play for them in the first two months of the 2025 County Championship season.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c9q4j34r81qo|title=Durham sign Australian seamer Doggett|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=26 February 2025}}

International career

In September 2018, he was named in Australia's Test squad for their series against Pakistan, but he did not play.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-test-squad-team-pakistan-series-uae-tour-fixture-paine-marsh-maxwell-starc-renshaw-langer/2018-09-11 |title=Maxwell out as Bulls, Finch bolt into Test squad | work=cricket.com.au|publisher=Cricket Australia |access-date=11 September 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/846802 |title=Australia Test squad for UAE: The newcomers |publisher=International Cricket Council |access-date=11 September 2018}}

Doggett was selected for Australia A as an injury replacement for the India A tour of Australia in 2024–25. In the first unofficial Test, he took his third five-wicket haul with figures of 6/15.{{cite web |last1=McGlashan |first1=Andrew |title=Konstas, Bancroft and Harris unable to make an impression against India A |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-a-in-australia-2024-25-1455327/australia-a-vs-india-a-1st-unofficial-test-1455330/match-report-1 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 November 2024 |language=en |date=31 October 2024}} In November 2024, he was added to the Australian Test squad ahead of the second Test of the Indian tour of Australia as an injury replacement for Josh Hazlewood.{{cite web |title=Aussies hit with major injury blow ahead of second India Test |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-30/australia-india-josh-hazlewood-ruled-out-of-second-test/104668136 |website=ABC News |access-date=30 November 2024 |language=en-AU |date=30 November 2024}}

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