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Full name Andrew Barry McDonald
Born June 15, 1981, Wodonga, Victoria
Current age 27 years 35 days
Major teams Victoria
Nickname Ronnie
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
1.94 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
38
62
16
1696
150*
36.86
3225
52.58
2
11
30
0
List A
51
42
14
826
65*
29.50
1054
78.36
0
3
16
0
Twenty20
13
12
4
180
43
22.50
141
127.65
0
0
11
4
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
38
4965
2480
79
6/34
31.39
2.99
62.8
3
2
0
List A
51
1879
1511
40
3/46
3/46
37.77
4.82
46.9
0
0
0
Twenty20
13
10
156
209
10
3/20
3/20
20.90
8.03
15.6
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2001/02
Last First-class
New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Mar 15-19, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2001/02
Last List A
Tasmania v Victoria at Hobart, Feb 23, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, Jan 6, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, Jan 13, 2008 scorecard
Profile
The allrounder Andrew McDonald had another consistent season in 2007-08 after enjoying a breakthrough campaign the previous summer. He helped Victoria reach the Pura Cup final with 545 runs at 49.54 combined with 13 wickets at 37.92. McDonald added his second first-class century when he led a fightback with 139 against South Australia at the Junction Oval, after reaching triple-figures for the first time in 2006-07. That season he was exceptional, topping Victoria's Pura Cup wicket tally and finishing second to Brad Hodge in their batting averages. He came into the season with one first-class half-century; he added six more and averaged 57.69. His 29 dismissals were invaluable in an injury-ravaged Bushrangers attack and his 6 for 34 against Queensland was a career-best. His red hair and surname inevitably invited the nickname Ronnie, but there was no clowning around from McDonald in 2006-07, when he became only the fifth player in Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup history to make 750 runs and take 25 wickets in a season. Not surprisingly, he was Victoria's Pura Cup Player of the Year and earned a part-time Academy place for 2007, and he was picked in the Australia A squad to tour Pakistan in September but had to pull out due to a shoulder injury.
A former Australia Under-19 player, McDonald was tipped for a bright future after picking up 32 wickets in ten games in 2003-04. Backed by a haul of 6 for 67 against Western Australia and another burst of 4 for 2 in 14 balls, he seemed ready to settle in the side. However, the following summer he had finger surgery and his appearances became less frequent. The 2005-06 campaign was subdued but he burst back and remains one of the keys to Victoria's chances of four-day and one-day success. Brydon Coverdale April 2008
