Barbara Mary McDonald (born 28 May 1972) is an Irish former cricketer who played as a right-arm pace bowler.
She made her Irish senior debut at the age of 21, playing twice in the 1993 World Cup in England, against the Netherlands and the West Indies.
[1] Within a few years, she had established herself as one of Ireland's opening bowlers, notably taking 2/40 and 3/17 in consecutive matches against the touring South Africans during the 1997 season.
[7] She continued her good form when the Test began the next day, taking the first three Pakistani wickets to fall and finishing with figures of 3/9 from 12 overs.
Now aged 32, McDonald remained one of her team's opening bowlers, and again played every match, finishing as equal leading wicket-taker with Heather Whelan.