Will Jacks
- Date of Birth 1998-11-21
- Role batting allrounder
- Batting Style right-hand bat
- Bowling Style right-arm offbreak
Debut Matches
| Format | Match | Date |
|---|---|---|
| TEST | ENG vs PAK | 2022-12-01 |
| ODI | BAN vs ENG | 2023-03-01 |
| T20 | ENG vs PAK | 2022-09-23 |
Recent Performances
Batting Statistics
Matches
6
Innings
11
Runs
234
Average
21.27
Strike Rate
51.65
Highest Score
47
100s
0
50s
0
Fours
17
Sixes
6
Catches
1
Bowling Statistics
Matches
6
Innings
9
Wickets
12
Average
46.16
Economy
4.61
Strike Rate
60
Best Figure
6/161
4 Wickets
0
5 Wickets
1
Balls Bowled
721
Runs Conceded
554
Batting Statistics
Matches
23
Innings
21
Runs
629
Average
33.1
Strike Rate
104.31
Highest Score
94
100s
0
50s
4
Fours
55
Sixes
20
Catches
12
Bowling Statistics
Matches
23
Innings
15
Wickets
9
Average
49.66
Economy
6.2
Strike Rate
48
Best Figure
3/22
4 Wickets
0
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
432
Runs Conceded
447
Batting Statistics
Matches
40
Innings
34
Runs
630
Average
22.5
Strike Rate
147.19
Highest Score
53*
100s
0
50s
1
Fours
59
Sixes
29
Catches
16
Bowling Statistics
Matches
40
Innings
16
Wickets
16
Average
19.5
Economy
8.66
Strike Rate
13.5
Best Figure
3/14
4 Wickets
0
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
216
Runs Conceded
312
Batting Statistics
Matches
45
Innings
42
Runs
1135
Average
28.37
Strike Rate
100.26
Highest Score
121
100s
1
50s
6
Fours
120
Sixes
33
Catches
25
Bowling Statistics
Matches
45
Innings
32
Wickets
20
Average
43.5
Economy
5.71
Strike Rate
45.7
Best Figure
3/22
4 Wickets
0
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
914
Runs Conceded
870
Batting Statistics
Matches
251
Innings
234
Runs
6349
Average
29.39
Strike Rate
156.3
Highest Score
108*
100s
5
50s
42
Fours
603
Sixes
331
Catches
119
Bowling Statistics
Matches
251
Innings
124
Wickets
93
Average
22.02
Economy
7.54
Strike Rate
17.5
Best Figure
4/15
4 Wickets
1
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
1629
Runs Conceded
2048
Will Jacks - IPL factfile
- Will Jacks made his maiden IPL appearance when RCB bought him for INR 3.20 crore for the 2024 season.
- He batted at No. 3 in his eight innings that season with the highlight being an unbeaten hundred off 41 balls, while batting with Virat Kohli against Gujarat Titans in a successful chase of 201 in just 16 overs.
- He was released by RCB after the season, and Mumbai Indians (MI) bought him in the 2025 auction for INR 2 crore. He played 13 of the 14 games in 2025 but wasn't a big hit with the bat (233 runs, strike rate 135.46) although he chipped in with six wickets and was relatively economical.
Will Jacks player profile
It was a quirk of circumstance that Will Jacks' first standout performance as an England player was a six-wicket haul in a Test match rather than a characteristically dominant white-ball innings. Jacks became the first England debutant spinner since 1993 to claim a five-for on Test debut in 2022, setting up a famous win in Rawalpindi. Not only was it his maiden first-class five-for, he was not even meant to be in the side: he was a late change to the side before the toss with Ben Foakes ruled out through illness.
But though his offspin is more than serviceable - and earned him an unlikely recall to England's Test squad for the 2025-26 Ashes - Jacks is primarily a powerful top-order batter who had long been tipped for the top. He shot to mainstream attention on Surrey's pre-season tour in 2019, when he hit a 25-ball hundred in a T10 friendly against Lancashire in Dubai, by which stage he had graduated from a spell with England's Under-19s which included a century against India in a Youth Test and the vice-captaincy at the 2018 World Cup.
Jacks played for Surrey in all three formats in the Championship-winning season of 2018, at the age of 19, and by his early 20s was an established first-team regular. He earned his Test call-up for England's 2022 Pakistan tour after an impressive all-round season for Surrey, developing his offspin under head coach Gareth Batty's tutelage, and also won caps for the T20I and ODI teams. He was also the second man to score a century in the Hundred, playing for Oval Invincibles against defending champions Southern Brave.
An injury sustained on tour in Bangladesh in early 2023 ruled him out of his first IPL season with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, but he continued to stake a strong claim for England's white-ball squads. He has dipped his toe into the T20 franchise circuit and in early 2024, he hit centuries in the SA20, BPL and IPL in the space of three months.
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