Andrew McDonald

Andrew McDonald is a right hand middle order batsman and a medium pacer from Victoria, Australia. An established domestic player, he has been the backbone of and led Victoria’s domestic teams, Victoria and the Victorian Bushrangers. He also led the Melbourne Renegades in the inaugural Big Bash League before signing for the Adelaide Strikers in the 2012-13 BBL.

He played 4 Tests for Australia, mainly as a temporary replacement beginning with the team’s amazing turnaround against South Africa in Sydney in January 2009. Splendid form in the 2011-12 season saw him being appointed as the captain of the Australian A team that played the visiting South African side in 2012. He was considered to replace the injured Shane Watson in the Australian national team for the Tour of India, but missed out due to a serious hamstring injury sustained in November 2012 which required surgery and extensive rehabilitation. McDonald represented Delhi Daredevils in earlier editions of the IPL. He played 6 matches for them from 2009-11, scoring 76 runs in five innings and taking 5 wickets. McDonald played a few games for RCB after his transfer but couldn’t find a regular spot in the playing XI due to the 4 overseas player rule.

RCB Highlights

RCB vs KXIP, Mohali, 2012
McDonald helped in restricting the Punjab to a total of 163/3, first getting rid of the dangerous looking Shaun Marsh before he could do any further damage to RCB. He also took the wicket of David Miller, breaking a threatening partnership between Miller and David Hussey. After his impressive bowling, McDonald capped the day by scoring the winning runs to seal a 5 wicket win for RCB.