Alister Craig McDermott (born 7 June 1991) is an Australian former cricketer who played for Queensland in Australian domestic cricket. He made his Queensland List A cricket debut on 11 October 2009[1] against Western Australia, and his First Class debut on 18 November 2009, in a match against the touring West Indians.[2] Currently, he is an industrial executive at Colliers.[3][4]

Alister McDermott
Personal information
Full name
Alister Craig McDermott
Born (1991-06-07) 7 June 1991 (age 33)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast medium
RoleBowler
RelationsCraig McDermott (father)
Ben McDermott (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09–2014/15Queensland
2011/12–2014/15Brisbane Heat
First-class debut18 November 2009 Queensland v West Indies
List A debut11 October 2009 Queensland v Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 20 27 25
Runs scored 226 37 7
Batting average 13.29 18.50 1.75
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 41 13 5
Balls bowled 3,917 1,468 489
Wickets 75 48 29
Bowling average 24.77 24.70 23.10
5 wickets in innings 2 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/36 5/64 4/37
Catches/stumpings 3/– 8/– 7/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 9 October 2020

He is the son of Australian Test cricketer Craig McDermott, elder brother of Ben McDermott, and has represented Australia in Youth Test and One Day Internationals at Under-19 level.[5] He was a member of the Brisbane Heat Big Bash 02 winning team playing in the final and also the Sydney Thunder Big Bash 05 winning squad.

As of 2019 McDermott had begun serving as head coach of Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club and begun studying an education degree.[6] In July 2020, he announced his retirement from cricket, following a string of injuries.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Scorecard". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Scorecard". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Alister McDermott - Colliers International". Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Where are they now?: Australia's last Under-19 Cricket World Cup winners from 2010 all grown up". The West Australian. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Alister McDermott". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on 25 December 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  6. ^ "The second coming of Alister McDermott". Cricket.com.au. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Alister McDermott retires at 29 after string of injuries". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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