Will Jacks

Some Lesser Known Facts About Will Jacks

• Will Jacks liked playing hockey while growing up and later switched to cricket.

  

• He played cricket for his school team and scored 221 runs in an Under-14 match. In 2013, he became the second cricketer from St George’s College, Weybridge to score 1000 runs in a single season.

  

• He made headlines in 2017 when he hit 279 runs off 138 balls against Reading Blue Coat School, which included 19 sixes and 29 fours.

• He later played cricket for the age group teams of Surrey Cricket Club.

  

• Will Jacks started dating Ana Brumwell during high school. She often accompanies him to tournaments in different countries.

  

• He played for England in the 2018 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand.

  

• On 18 May 2018, he made his List-A debut for Surrey against Somerset in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup.

• On 20 June 2018, he played his debut first-class match for Surrey against Somerset. He was a member of the Surrey team which won the 2018 County Championship.

  

• On 21 March 2019, he hit 105 runs in 30 deliveries for Surrey against Lancashire in a warm-up T10 match. He completed his century in 25 balls which included 6 sixes in an over by Stephen Parry.

• On 10 June 2021, while playing for Surrey against Middlesex in the 2021 T20 Vitality Blast, he made the third-fastest T20 fifty by an English player by scoring 50 runs in 15 balls, making 70 runs off 24 balls in the match.

  

• He scored 40 runs off 22 balls in his debut T20I match against Pakistan.

  

• In his debut test match, Will Jacks made 30 runs and took his first 5-wicket haul with 6 wickets for 161 runs in the first innings and 24 runs and went wicketless for 38 runs in the second innings.

  

• He played for Oval Invincibles in the 2022 The Hundred tournament and scored 108 runs in 48 balls against Southern Brave.

• Will Jacks was retained by Oval Invincibles for the 2023 season and helped them win the tournament.

  

• In the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, he was acquired by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for Rs 3.2 crores against his base price of Rs 1.5 crore; however, he did not play due to an injury.

• He took 1 wicket for 18 runs and hit 26 runs off 31 balls for England in his debut ODI match.

  

• On 23 September 2023, he made his first ODI half-century by scoring 94 runs in 88 balls against Ireland.

  

• On 18 January 2024, he scored 101 runs in 42 balls for Pretoria Capitals against Durban Super Giants in a SA20 match. He also took 2 wickets for 18 runs in the match.

  

• On 28 April 2024, during the 2024 IPL season, he hit his first IPL century by scoring 100 runs not out in 41 balls for RCB against Gujarat Titans at a strike rate of 243.90. After his century, he credited Virat Kohli, who was playing at the other end for motivating him throughout the innings.

  

• He is an animal lover and often visits wildlife parks.