Alexandra Louise MacDonald (born 3 October 1991) is an English

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er who plays as an

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left-handed and

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right-arm

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. She has played domestic cricket for

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

North Representative XI The North Representative XI were a women's cricket team made up of players from across Northern England. They were formed in 2021 to take part in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, becoming the sixth team in the North Group to give the group an even numb ...

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

and

Northern Diamonds Northern Diamonds are a women's cricket team that represent the traditional areas of the North East and Yorkshire, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at Headingley, the Riverside, Rose ...

Early life

MacDonald was born on 3 October 1991 in

Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...

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Domestic career

County cricket

MacDonald made her county debut in 2008, for

against

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...

, in which she scored 34 in a 216 run victory. 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 Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...

. She played for Gloucestershire until the 2014 season, with her best season coming in 2013, when she hit 468 runs in the

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, the third highest overall, with 1 century and 4 half-centuries. MacDonald played for

in the

2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup The 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2014 NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup, was the 6th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July and August, with 40 teams taking part: 36 county teams, alongside S ...

, and was their leading run-scorer in the competition, with 193 runs including her

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high score of 71 *. She also played one match for Gloucestershire in the

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, in which she hit her highest

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score, of 117 *. She played one more season for Yorkshire, in 2015, in which she took 4/28 in a match against

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

. In 2016, MacDonald played one season for

, in which she was most successful in the

2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup The 2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2016 NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 8th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in June and July, with 36 teams taking part: 34 county teams plus Scotland a ...

, scoring 99 runs at an average of 24.75. In 2017, she returned to Gloucestershire for one match, in which she hit 81 against

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

. After a season's break, MacDonald returned to Yorkshire for the 2019 season, and was most successful with the ball in the

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, taking 8 wickets at an average of 7.62. In 2021, MacDonald was named as part of the Yorkshire contingent of the

squad for the

, as well as playing one match for Yorkshire. 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 North East Warriors is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic counties of County Durham and Northumberland. They play their home matches at grounds across the two counties, including Stocksfield Cricket Club Ground, ...

. In 2022, she joined

for the

, scoring 56 * in the second of two matches she played for the side that season.

Regional cricket

MacDonald was also in the Loughborough Lightning squad for the

2016 Women's Cricket Super League The 2016 Women's Cricket Super League, or 2016 Kia Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the first season of the Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), a semi-professional women's cricket competition in England and Wales. The competition, r ...

, but did not play a match. In 2020, MacDonald played for

in the

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy is an English women's cricket domestic competition, named after former England captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe-Flint, who died in 2017. The first edition of the tournament took place during August ...

. 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. Her high score for the side came in a match against

North West Thunder North West Thunder, commonly referred to as Thunder, are a women's cricket team that represent Lancashire and North West England, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at various grounds, i ...

, in which she scored 92 to bring the team within one win of the final. In 2021, she played seven matches for the side across the

and the

Charlotte Edwards Cup The Charlotte Edwards Cup, initially named the Women's Regional T20, is an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board. The first edition of the tournament took place in 2021. The tourna ...

, with a high score of 39. She also took 9 wickets in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, including her

best bowling figures of 4/17, taken against

Western Storm Western Storm are a women's cricket team representing South West England and Wales, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic cricket. They play their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton, the County Ground, Bristol and Sophia Gardens ...

References

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