{{short description|Australian cricketer (born 1994)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Brendan Doggett | image = 20251224 Brendan Doggett 01.jpg | caption = Doggett in December 2025 | fullname = Brendan James Doggett | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|05|03|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Rockhampton]], Queensland, Australia | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] | role = [[Bowling (cricket)|Bowler]]
| international = true | country = Australia | internationalspan = 2025–present | testdebutdate = 21 November | testdebutyear = 2025 | testdebutagainst = England | testcap = 472 | lasttestdate = 4 December | lasttestyear = 2025 | lasttestagainst = England
| club1 = [[Cricket Australia XI]] | year1 = {{nowrap|2016/17}} | club2 = [[Queensland cricket team|Queensland]] | year2 = {{nowrap|2017/18–2020/21}} | clubnumber2 = | club3 = [[Brisbane Heat]] | year3 = {{nowrap|2017/18–2018/19}} | club4 = [[Sydney Thunder]] | year4 = {{nowrap|2019/20–2022/23}} | clubnumber4 = | club5 = [[South Australia cricket team|South Australia]] | year5 = {{nowrap|2021/22–present}} | clubnumber5 = | club6 = [[Adelaide Strikers]] | year6 = {{nowrap|2023/24–2024/25}} | clubnumber6 = | club7 = [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] | year7 = {{nowrap|2025}} | clubnumber7 = | columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]] | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 20 | bat avg1 = 20.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 13 | deliveries1 = 290 | wickets1 = 7 | bowl avg1 = 30.71 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/51 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|FC]] | matches2 = 52 | runs2 = 406 | bat avg2 = 8.82 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 49 | deliveries2 = 9,605 | wickets2 = 197 | bowl avg2 = 26.61 | fivefor2 = 9 | tenfor2 = 1 | best bowling2 = 6/15 | catches/stumpings2 = 20/–
| column3 = [[List A cricket|LA]] | matches3 = 17 | runs3 = 55 | bat avg3 = 11.00 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 28 | deliveries3 = 835 | wickets3 = 26 | bowl avg3 = 35.80 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 4/75 | catches/stumpings3 = 6/–
| column4 = [[Twenty20|T20]] | matches4 = 48 | runs4 = 87 | bat avg4 = 10.87 | 100s/50s4 = 0/0 | top score4 = 47[[not out|*]] | deliveries4 = 890 | wickets4 = 43 | bowl avg4 = 28.74 | fivefor4 = 1 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 5/35 | catches/stumpings4 = 15/–
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/931603.html ESPNcricinfo | date = 7 December | year = 2025 }} '''Brendan James Doggett''' (born 3 May 1994) is an Australian international [[Cricket|cricketer]]. He plays in the [[Test cricket|test]] side of the [[Australia national cricket team|Australia national team]] as a right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium bowler]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sundaresan |first=Bharat |title=Brendan Doggett: The humble 'chippy' who became a Test cricketer |url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/136773/brendan-doggett-the-humble-chippy-who-became-a-test-cricketer-ashes-england-australia-cricbuzzcom |website=cricbuzz}}</ref> Doggett is of [[Worimi]] heritage and is the fifth [[Aboriginal Australians|First Nations]] person to represent Australia in test cricket.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-11-20 |title=Ashes debutant Brendan Doggett becomes fifth Indigenous player to represent Australia in Test cricket |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-21/brendan-doggett-indigenous-australian-test-player-ashes/106023988 |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> He represents [[South Australia cricket team|South Australia]] in domestic cricket and [[Adelaide Strikers]] in the [[Big Bash League]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-25 |title=Old bull Doggett finds perspective and growth in SA journey {{!}} cricket.com.au |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4238343/brendan-doggett-profile-move-state-switch-queenslander-bulls-bought-into-being-south-australian-sheffield-shield-final-mcsweeney |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=www.cricket.com.au |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-23 |title=Doggett joins Strikers fast bowling brigade {{!}} Adelaide Strikers |url=https://www.adelaidestrikers.com.au/news/3647134/doggett-joins-strikers-fast-bowling-brigade |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=www.adelaidestrikers.com.au |language=en}}</ref>
==Domestic career== ===Queensland=== At the beginning of the 2016–17 season, Doggett earned a rookie contract with the [[Queensland cricket team|Queensland Bulls]], becoming just the second [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous Australian]] to have a contract with the team,<ref name="rookie">{{cite journal |last=Dorries |first=Ben |date=3 August 2016 |title=Brendan Doggett just second indigenous player to earn Queensland contract |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/cricket/brendan-doggett-just-second-indigenous-player-to-earn-queensland-contract/news-story/1d471a66beb279e562f439d683823875 |journal=The Courier-Mail |access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref> but he did not play for them throughout the season, instead making his [[List A cricket|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8626/report/1036441/Queensland-vs-Cricket-Australia-XI-1st-Match-matador-bbqs-one-day-cup|title=Queensland get the better of Cricket Australia XI|date=1 October 2016|access-date=28 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=[[ESPN Inc.]]}}</ref> He took six wickets across four matches in the tournament, the second-most of any player for Cricket Australia XI.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/matador-bbq-cup-2016/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=11377;team=5437;type=tournament|title=Matador BBQs One-Day Cup, 2016/17 – Cricket Australia XI / Records / Batting and bowling averages|access-date=28 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=[[ESPN Inc.]]}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12012;team=510;type=tournament|title=Records / JLT One-Day Cup, 2017/18 – Queensland / Batting and bowling averages|access-date=28 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=[[ESPN Inc.]]}}</ref> He then made his [[First-class cricket|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 cricket team|Victoria]] were bowled out for 148.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8043/report/1118864/Queensland-vs-Victoria-1st-match-Sheffield-Shield-2017-18|title=Khawaja, Doggett put Queensland in command|last=Brettig|first=Daniel|date=27 October 2017|access-date=28 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=[[ESPN Inc.]]}}</ref> In February 2018, in round eight of the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.<ref name="Doggett-5For">{{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/day-four-south-australia-redbacks-queensland-bulls-sheffield-shield-adelaide-oval-highlights/2018-02-28 |title=Bulls triumph despite Head, Carey fireworks |access-date=28 February 2018 |work=cricket.com.au|publisher=Cricket Australia}}</ref>
===South Australia=== In 2021 Doggett moved to Adelaide and began playing for [[South Australia cricket team|South Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Brendan Doggett |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1790/1790705/1790705.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref>
Doggett won the player of the match award in the [[2024-25 Sheffield Shield season|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sangha and Carey tons hand South Australia first Shield title in 29 years|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sheffield-shield-2024-25-1444468/south-australia-vs-queensland-final-1444522/match-report|publisher=[[ESPNCricinfo]]|date=29 March 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DHvHS9Ktz1s/|title=Brendan Doggett's figures at the Karen Rolton Oval are the best-ever returns in a Shield decider!|publisher=[[cricket.com.au]]|via=[[Instagram]]|date=28 March 2025}}</ref>
===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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c9q4j34r81qo|title=Durham sign Australian seamer Doggett|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=26 February 2025}}</ref>
==International career== In September 2018, he was named in Australia's [[Test cricket|Test]] squad for their series [[Australian cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2018–19|against Pakistan]], but he did not play.<ref name="AusTestSquad">{{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-test-squad-team-pakistan-series-uae-tour-fixture-paine-marsh-maxwell-starc-renshaw-langer/2018-09-11 |title=Maxwell out as Bulls, Finch bolt into Test squad | work=cricket.com.au|publisher=Cricket Australia |access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/846802 |title=Australia Test squad for UAE: The newcomers |publisher=International Cricket Council |access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref> He was selected for [[Australia A cricket team|Australia A]] as an injury replacement for the [[Indian cricket team in Australia in 2024–25|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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McGlashan |first1=Andrew |title=Konstas, Bancroft and Harris unable to make an impression against India A |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-a-in-australia-2024-25-1455327/australia-a-vs-india-a-1st-unofficial-test-1455330/match-report-1 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 November 2024 |language=en |date=31 October 2024}}</ref> In November 2024, he was added to the Australian Test squad ahead of the second Test of the [[Indian cricket team in Australia in 2024–25|Indian tour of Australia]] as an injury replacement for [[Josh Hazlewood]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Aussies hit with major injury blow ahead of second India Test |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-30/australia-india-josh-hazlewood-ruled-out-of-second-test/104668136 |website=ABC News |access-date=30 November 2024 |language=en-AU |date=30 November 2024}}</ref> but did not play.
Doggett made his Test debut in the first Test of the [[2025–26 Ashes series]], in Perth, on 21 November, 2025. He became the fifth Indigenous player to play for the Australian men's Test team. With he and [[Scott Boland]] playing, it was also the first time two Indigenous players had played in an Australian men's Test team together.<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-21/brendan-doggett-indigenous-australian-test-player-ashes/106023988 Ashes debutant Brendan Doggett becomes fifth Indigenous player to represent Australia in Test cricket], [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]], 21 November, 2025</ref> Doggett took 7 wickets across 2 matches (Perth and Brisbane) in the series at an average of 30.71. <ref> {{cite web|title = Brendan Doggett Player Overview|url= https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/brendan-doggett-931603|publisher=[[ESPNCricinfo]]}}</ref>
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