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| Full name | Brendan James Doggett | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-05-03)3 May 1994 (age 31) Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armfast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 472) | 21 November 2025 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24-2024/25 | Adelaide Strikers(squad no. 35) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,16 November 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brendan James Doggett (born 3 May 1994) is an Australian cricketer. A tall right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made hisList A debut forCricket Australia XI on 1 October 2016.[1][2] He made hisfirst-class debut forQueensland in the2017–18 Sheffield Shield season on 26 October 2017.[3] On 31 October 2017, he signed his firstBig Bash League contract for theBrisbane Heat.[4] He made hisTwenty20 debut forBrisbane Heat in the2017–18 Big Bash League season on 20 December 2017.[5] Doggett is a proudWorimi man from the Newcastle region.[6] He made his Test debut in November 2025, against England in Perth.
At the beginning of the 2016–17 season, Doggett earned a rookie contract with theQueensland Bulls, becoming just the secondIndigenous Australian to have a contract with the team,[2] but he did not play for them throughout the season, instead making hisList A forCricket Australia XI in the2016–17 Matador BBQs One-Day Cup. He played in the first match against Queensland, and late in the innings he bowled fellow QueenslanderBen Cutting to take his first List A wicket.[7] He took six wickets across four matches in the tournament, the second-most of any player for Cricket Australia XI.[8]
No longer in the Cricket Australia XI squad, Doggett played his first matches for Queensland in the2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup and took five wickets for the team while conceding 6.19 runs per over in four matches.[9] He then made hisfirst-class debut in the opening round of the2017–18 Sheffield Shield season. In his first innings of first-class bowling he had impressive figures of 4/33 whileVictoria were bowled out for 148.[10] In February 2018, in round eight of the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[11]
In 2021 Doggett moved to Adelaide and began playing forSouth Australia.[12]
Doggett won the player of the match award in the2024-25 Sheffield Shield Final, having taken 11 wickets in the match, including 6/31 in the first innings and 5/109 in the second.[13] 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 aSheffield Shield final.[14]
In February, Doggett signed a short-term contract withDurham County Cricket Club to play for them in the first two months of the2025 County Championship season.[15]
In September 2018, he was named in Australia'sTest squad for their seriesagainst Pakistan, but he did not play.[16][17] He was selected forAustralia A as an injury replacement for theIndia A tour of Australia in 2024–25. In the first unofficial Test, he took his thirdfive-wicket haul with figures of 6/15.[18] In November 2024, he was added to the Australian Test squad ahead of the second Test of theIndian tour of Australia as an injury replacement forJosh Hazlewood,[19] but did not play.
Doggett made his Test debut in the first Test of the2025–26 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 andScott Boland playing, it was also the first time two Indigenous players had played in an Australian men's Test team together.[20]