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Tim MacDonald
Australian cricketer
Timothy Peter MacDonald (born 7 September 1980) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer, who is an assistant coach of the England women's cricket team. As a player, MacDonald was a bowler who played for Western Australia and Tasmania.
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| Full name | Timothy Peter Macdonald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1980-09-07) 7 September 1980 (age 43) Subiaco, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MacDonald was a pace bowler who represented Western Australia and Tasmania.[1] He played club cricket for Claremont-Nedlands in the WACA District League; he took 70 wickets in the 2005-06 tournament at an average of 11.63.[2] He was signed by Western Australia for the 2006–07 season.[2] He was not selected for the Tasmania squad for the 2011–12 season.[3]
In the 2013–14 season, MacDonald was player-coach of the Claremont-Nedlands; he took 42 wickets in the season, the most of any Claremont-Nedlands player. After the season, MacDonald retired from playing cricket.[4] He was named the WACA District League Senior Coach of the Year for the 2016–17 season.[5]
MacDonald later worked as an assistant coach under Lisa Keightley at Perth Scorchers and Western Fury.[1] He was an assistant coach for the Australia women's national cricket team for their 2017–18 series in India.[6] McDonald was later an assistant coach of the England women's cricket team for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, and in August 2020, he was given the role full-time.[1][7]
- "England Women appoint Tim MacDonald as assistant coach on permanent basis". The Cricketer. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- "WACA Finalises Warriors Squad for 2006-07". Western Australia cricket team. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- "Tasmania finalise new-look squad". ESPNcricinfo. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- "First Grade Previews: The Finalists". Western Australia cricket team. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- "Cricket: Claremont-Nedlands' Tim David claims Olly Cooley Medal". Perth Now. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- "Meteors Duo Selected for Australia A Tour of India". Cricket ACT. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- "England Women appoint Tim Macdonald as full-time senior assistant coach". ESPNcricinfo. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.