Brendan Doggett

Brendan James Doggett (born 3 May 1994) is an Australian cricketer. A tall right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his List A debut for Cricket Australia XI on 1 October 2016.^[1][2] He made his first-class debut for Queensland in the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season on 26 October 2017.^[3] On 31 October 2017, he signed his first Big Bash League contract for the Brisbane Heat.^[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Brisbane Heat in the 2017–18 Big Bash League season on 20 December 2017.^[5]

Brendan Doggett

Doggett playing for Durham (2025)
Personal information
Full name	Brendan James Doggett
Born	(1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 31) Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2016/17	Cricket Australia XI
2017/18–2020/21	Queensland (squad no. 35)
2017/18–2018/19	Brisbane Heat
2019/20–2022/23	Sydney Thunder (squad no. 35)
2021/22-present	South Australia (squad no. 35)
2023/24	Adelaide Strikers (squad no. 35)
2025	Durham
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 48 16 48 Runs scored 379 27 87 Batting average 8.61 6.75 10.87 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 49 11 47* Balls bowled 8,927 775 890 Wickets 177 24 43 Bowling average 27.32 36.00 28.74 5 wickets in innings 7 0 1 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 Best bowling 6/15 4/75 5/35 Catches/stumpings 18/– 6/– 15/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 May 2025

Domestic career

Queensland

At the beginning of the 2016-17 season, Doggett earned a rookie contract with the Queensland Bulls, becoming just the second Indigenous Australian to have a contract with the team,^[2] but he did not play for them throughout the season, instead making his List A for Cricket Australia XI in the 2016–17 Matador BBQs One-Day Cup. He played in the first match against Queensland, and late in the innings he bowled fellow Queenslander Ben Cutting to take his first List A wicket.^[6] He took six wickets across four matches in the tournament, the second-most of any player for Cricket Australia XI.^[7]

No longer in the Cricket Australia XI squad, Doggett played his first matches for Queensland in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup and took five wickets for the team while conceding 6.19 runs per over in four matches.^[8] He then made his first-class debut in the opening round of the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season. In his first innings of first-class bowling he had impressive figures of 4/33 while Victoria were bowled out for 148.^[9] In February 2018, in round eight of the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.^[10]

South Australia

In 2021 Doggett moved to Adelaide and began playing for South Australia.^[11]

Doggett won the player of the match award in the 2024-25 Sheffield Shield Final, having taken 11 wickets in the match, including 6/31 in the first innings and 5/109 in the second.^[12] His efforts led South Australia to their first Sheffield Shield title in 29 years. His match figures of 11/140 were the best ever figures in a Sheffield Shield final.^[13]

County Cricket

In February, Doggett signed a short-term contract with Durham County Cricket Club to play for them in the first two months of the 2025 County Championship season.^[14]

International career

In September 2018, he was named in Australia's Test squad for their series against Pakistan, but he did not play.^[15][16]

Doggett was selected for Australia A as an injury replacement for the India A tour of Australia in 2024–25. In the first unofficial Test, he took his third five-wicket haul with figures of 6/15.^[17] In November 2024, he was added to the Australian Test squad ahead of the second Test of the Indian tour of Australia as an injury replacement for Josh Hazlewood.^[18]