Jake Fraser-McGurk

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jake Fraser-McGurk

• Jake Fraser-McGurk grew up in Mont Albert, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.

• His mother was a netball player, and his father was a semi-professional tennis player.

• He has been athletic since childhood.

• At the age of 7, he earned a yellow belt in Karate. In 2010, he got his purple belt, and in 2012, he earned a black belt in Karate.

  

• At 9, he started playing junior cricket at Boroondara Cricket Club. He played every year in Boroondara’s A teams, from Under 12A’s in the 2011/12 season to Under 16A’s in season 2017/18 over 7 seasons.

• In his early junior career, he also played representative cricket for the Eastern Cricket Association (ECA) and the Inner East Emus.

• In 2013, Fraser-McGurk represented Victoria’s under-12 team at the School Sport Australia national championships for the first time. He was batter-keeper and opening bowler Victoria. He also represented Victoria in the following season. Victoria won gold in both seasons.

• In 2014, his side won the Ricky Ponting Shield.

  

• He also played football for Hawthorn Citizens Junior Football Club. He scored 46 goals in the 2014 season.

• In 2019, he gave an impressive performance at the Toyota Futures League for the Victoria Second XI. He scored 211 runs at an average of 52.75.

• Fraser-McGurk started attending the industry-based learning facility SEDA College to juggle his schooling and cricket commitments.

• On 12 – 15 November 2019, Fraser-McGurk made his first-class debut for Victoria against Queensland at Melbourne Cricket Ground in the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield season. He scored a fifty on his first-class debut.

  

• On 17 November 2019, Fraser-McGurk made his List A debut for Victoria against NSW at Melbourne Cricket Ground in the 2019–20 Marsh One-Day Cup. He scored a fifty on his List A debut.

• In December 2019, he was named to Australia’s squad for the 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was scratched by a monkey during a team trip to a nature reserve due to which he had to leave the tournament early.

• On 12 December 2020, Fraser-McGurk made his T20 debut for Melbourne Renegades against Scorchers at Bellerive Oval, Hobart, in the 2020–21 Big Bash League season.

  

• Fraser-McGurk moved to South Australia ahead of the 2022-23 season.

• On 8 October 2023, he scored the fastest List-A century (off 29 balls). The previous record was of AB De Villiers, who scored a List A century of 31 balls.

• He enjoys alcoholic beverages occasionally.

• On 29 December 2023, he scored 70 runs off 37 for Melbourne Renegades against Adelaide Strikers and became Player of the Match during the 2023–24 Big Bash League season.

• Thereafter, he was signed for Dubai Capitals for the ILT20.

• He went unsold in the IPL auction but was signed by Delhi Capitals in March 2024 as a replacement for injured Lungi Ngidi at his base price of Rs 50 lakh.

• He scored a half-century on his IPL debut, 55 from 35 balls.

  

• In 2024, he was signed by the San Francisco Unicorns for the second season of Major League Cricket.