BBL playerAustralia2011-12 to 2015-16
AB McDonald
Left-handed bat · Right-arm fast-medium
AB McDonald, a batter, played three BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
AB McDonald's first BBL season was 2011-12, with Melbourne Renegades.
That first season brought 6 matches, 153 runs and 1 wicket. It would stay the best season of the career with the bat.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2011-12, for Melbourne Renegades: 153 runs at an average of 30.6, striking at 128.6 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.2, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 60 not out.
Club by club
2011-12, Melbourne Renegades. 6 matches, 153 runs and 1 wicket.
2014-15 to 2015-16, Sydney Thunder. 6 matches, 66 runs and 4 wickets.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Sydney Thunder, 2014-15 to 2015-16. 2012-13 and 2013-14 are missing from the record: seasons without a BBL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, AB McDonald struck at 111.2. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 121.8, so AB McDonald scored about 11 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 46% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 10 fours and 10 sixes.
The legacy
AB McDonald made 12 BBL appearances, the last for Sydney Thunder in 2015-16.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 (BBL|01) | Melbourne Renegades | 6 | 153 | 60* | 30.6 | 128.6 | 2/0 | 1 | 10.00 | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Sydney Thunder | 5 | 59 | 23 | 14.8 | 81.9 | 0/0 | 3 | 7.56 | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Sydney Thunder | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 116.7 | 0/0 | 1 | 10.50 | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Melbourne Renegades: 2011-12
- Sydney Thunder: 2014-15 to 2015-16
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics