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William George Jacks (born 21 November 1998) is an English cricketer.[1] He is a right-handed batsman and off spin bowler.[2]

Will Jacks

Personal information
Full name	William George Jacks
Born	(1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 23) Chertsey, Surrey, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm off break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	England
T20I debut (cap 97)	23 September 2022 v Pakistan
Last T20I	25 September 2022 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2018–present	Surrey (squad no. 9)
2020/21	Hobart Hurricanes
2021–present	Oval Invincibles
2021/22	Chattogram Challengers
2021-present	Islamabad United
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20 Matches 2 41 22 102 Runs scored 40 1,790 506 2,532 Batting average 20.00 35.09 24.09 29.10 100s/50s 0/0 3/12 1/2 1/20 Top score 40 150* 121 108* Balls bowled – 2,139 482 489 Wickets – 21 11 23 Bowling average – 53.28 38.45 25.47 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 4/65 2/32 4/15 Catches/stumpings 0/– 43/– 13/– 42/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 September 2022

Career

He made his List A debut on 18 May 2018 for Surrey against Somerset in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup.[3] In his third game, in the same competition, he scored a match-winning 121 against Gloucestershire.[4] Prior to his List A debut, he was in the England squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup,[5] where he played all six games, including the last as captain.[6]

He made his first-class debut on 20 June 2018, for Surrey in the 2018 County Championship.[7] He made his Twenty20 debut for Surrey in the 2018 t20 Blast on 5 July 2018.[8] In a pre-season T10 match against Lancashire, Jacks scored a century in 25 balls, believed to be the fastest hundred in a match between two professional teams in a true cricket ground.[9] His century also included six sixes in one over.[10]

On 29 May 2020, Jacks was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][12]

In June 2021, Jacks scored English cricket's third fastest Twenty20 fifty, off 15 balls, as Surrey beat local rivals Middlesex.[13]

In July 2021, Jacks was named in England's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan,[14] after the original squad for the tour was forced to withdraw following positive tests for COVID-19.[15]

In April 2022, he was bought by the Oval Invincibles for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[16] In August 2022, he scored the highest score in the history of The Hundred, at 108 runs in 48 balls.[17] In September 2022, he was named in the England's T20I squad for the series against Pakistan.[18] He made his T20I debut on 23 September 2022, against Pakistan.[19]

References

External links

• Will Jacks at ESPNcricinfo

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