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Jake Weatherald is a left-handed opening batter from Darwin who spent eight seasons on the fringes of Australian selection before finally making his Test debut in November 2025, at 31 years old. He stands 5 feet 10 inches tall. In Test cricket he has played 6 matches, scoring 224 runs at an average of 20.36. In First-Class cricket he has 6,290 runs at an average of 37.66, and in the BBL specifically, checked here against club and official records, he has scored 2,176 runs from 96 matches at an average of 25.60 and a strike rate of 131.20.
His story is genuinely one of patience and a bit of poetic timing. He left South Australia after eight seasons of service, spent almost a full summer unable to break into his new state side, Tasmania, then turned that patience into a standout 2024-25 season that pushed him straight into Australia’s Ashes squad. His BBL career has its own famous chapter too, since he once scored the century that beat Hobart Hurricanes in a BBL final, only to sign for that very same club years later. This article covers his complete career, format by format, plus his BBL numbers looked at on their own. You can follow more player profiles and match coverage on CRIC INFO 365.
Jake Weatherald: Full Biography at a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Jake Beath Weatherald (Jake Weatherald) |
| Born | 4 November 1994, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Age | 31 |
| Height | 5 feet 10 inches |
| Weight | Not publicly confirmed |
| Batting Style | Left-handed |
| Bowling Style | Leg-break (part-time) |
| Playing Role | Opening batter |
| Test Debut | 21 November 2025, vs England (cap 473) |
| Last Test | 13 August 2026, vs Bangladesh |
| BBL Debut | 21 December 2016, for Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder |
Teams Jake Weatherald Has Played For
| Team | Format / League | Years |
|---|---|---|
| South Australia | First-Class / List A | 2015-16 to 2022-23, and 2026-27 to present |
| Adelaide Strikers | Big Bash League (BBL) | 2016-17 to 2024-25 |
| Quetta Gladiators | Pakistan Super League (PSL) | 2021 |
| Tasmania | First-Class / List A | 2023-24 to 2025-26 |
| Hobart Hurricanes | Big Bash League (BBL) | 2025-26 to present |
| Leicestershire | County cricket (England) | 2026 |
| Australia | Test | 2025 to present |
Jake Weatherald married Rachel Pearce in April 2024, not long before his career took its biggest turn. He began his cricket journey in Darwin, playing in the West End Premier League for Northern Territory Strike, before moving south to South Australia, where he first played grade cricket for Sturt and Adelaide University.
Who Is Jake Weatherald and How Did His Career Start?
Jake Beath Weatherald (Jake Weatherald) bats left-handed and bowls occasional leg-break, though bowling has never been a serious part of his game. According to ESPNcricinfo’s profile of his career, his debut First-Class season in 2015-16 announced him immediately, with a rapid fifty for South Australia against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield final. That season made him the most prolific domestic run scorer under the age of 25 in Australia, and runner up for the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year award.
The next two seasons kept building his reputation. In 2016-17, in his second straight Shield final, he scored 60, though Victoria won again. The following season he passed 750 first-class runs at an average just under 40. He also made his BBL debut in this period, signing with Adelaide Strikers after his strong domestic one-day form, and hit a half century on debut in BBL|06.
What Was Jake Weatherald’s Most Famous BBL Moment?
This is genuinely one of the standout individual performances in BBL history. In the BBL|07 final on 4 February 2018, against Hobart Hurricanes at Adelaide Oval, Weatherald scored an unbeaten 115 off just 70 balls, hitting nine fours and eight sixes. According to Grokipedia’s detailed account of the match, this was the first century ever scored in a BBL final, and at the time it was the third highest individual score in the competition’s history. His innings, built around a 140 run partnership with Travis Head, took the Strikers to 202 for 2 and set up a 25 run win, earning him the Player of the Match award and the Strikers their maiden BBL title.
There is a genuinely neat twist to this story. Years later, ahead of the 2025-26 BBL season, Weatherald signed for Hobart Hurricanes, the exact club he had destroyed in that unforgettable final. According to Hobart Hurricanes’ own announcement of the signing, he called the move to the club “biblical,” excited to join a group he had once been on the wrong end of.
How Did Jake Weatherald Finally Make His Test Debut?
Weatherald’s route to Test cricket took a genuinely long and winding path. He spent eight seasons with South Australia before leaving the state after the 2022-23 season. According to cricket.com.au’s account of his rise, he then spent almost a full summer unable to even break into his new state’s side, Tasmania, after making the move.
Patience paid off. In 2024-25, he played every single match for the Tigers and was the Sheffield Shield’s standout batter that season, scoring 906 runs at an average of 50.33, which pushed him firmly into Ashes contention. Cricket Australia named him in the squad for the first Ashes Test of the 2025-26 series, and he made his debut on 21 November 2025, against England, becoming, as ESPNcricinfo put it, the latest name in Australia’s revolving door of openers in the post David Warner era.
His debut series had genuine promise. A 72 at the Gabba, batting alongside the recently promoted Travis Head, showed what he could do, even as England’s fast bowlers worked him over at other points in the series. It had been, in ESPNcricinfo’s words, quite a journey to reach Test level for a player who could not even hold down a spot in his new state side just a couple of years earlier.
What Do Jake Weatherald’s Full Career Numbers Look Like?
The figures below are based on the most recent official statistics, cross checked between ESPNcricinfo and Howstat.
Batting and Fielding Record
| Format | Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International (Test) | 6 | 12 | 1 | 224 | 72 | 20.36 | 68.29 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| First-Class (FC) | 92 | 172 | 5 | 6,290 | 198 | 37.66 | 59.56 | 14 | 32 | 66 |
| List A (Domestic 50-over) | 51 | 50 | 2 | 1,602 | 141 | 33.38 | 88.75 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| Domestic T20 / Leagues | 98 | 97 | 7 | 2,324 | 115 | 25.82 | 130.86 | 1 | 15 | 35 |
Bowling Record
| Format | Matches | Innings | Balls Bowled | Runs Conceded | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International (Test) | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| First-Class (FC) | 92 | 4 | 78 | 63 | 1 | 1/14 | 63.00 | 4.85 |
| List A (Domestic 50-over) | 51 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0/6 | — | 7.20 |
| Domestic T20 / Leagues | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
A few things stand out here. His First-Class average of 37.66 across 92 matches, with 14 centuries and 32 fifties, shows a genuinely proven long-form batter, which is exactly what eventually earned him a Test cap. His Test average of 20.36 is still a small sample size of just 6 matches, and worth watching as he gets more opportunities at the highest level. His bowling has never been a real part of his game at any level, with just one wicket in his entire First-Class career and none at all in T20 cricket.
What Is Jake Weatherald’s BBL Only Record?
The Domestic T20 and Leagues row above combines his BBL career with his single season in the Pakistan Super League and his recent county T20 appearances for Leicestershire. Checked specifically against club and stats records, here is his BBL only career.
BBL Batting Record (verified)
| Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | Fours | Sixes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | 92 | 2,176 | 115 | 25.60 | 131.20 | 1 | 15 | 216 | 85 |
This figure is confirmed consistently across Hobart Hurricanes’ official signing announcement, Sportskeeda’s reporting on his Ashes call up, and AdvanceCricket’s detailed BBL database, all landing on the same core numbers.
Weatherald remains the all-time leading run scorer in Adelaide Strikers’ BBL history, having racked up the bulk of these runs during his eight seasons with the club before his move to Hobart Hurricanes. His bowling record in the BBL is effectively nonexistent, since he has never been used as a bowling option in the format at any point in his career.
FAQs
How tall is Jake Weatherald?
5 feet 10 inches.
What is Jake Weatherald’s weight?
This has not been publicly confirmed by any official cricket source.
When did Jake Weatherald make his Test debut?
21 November 2025, against England, at 31 years old, after a Sheffield Shield season that made him the standout batter in the 2024-25 competition.
What is Jake Weatherald’s most famous BBL innings?
An unbeaten 115 off 70 balls in the BBL|07 final against Hobart Hurricanes, the first century ever scored in a BBL final, which won Adelaide Strikers their maiden title.
Why did Jake Weatherald leave South Australia?
He left after the 2022-23 season following eight seasons with the state, moving to Tasmania, where he initially struggled to even secure a regular place before a breakout 2024-25 season.
What is Jake Weatherald’s BBL career record?
2,176 runs from 96 matches at an average of 25.60 and a strike rate of 131.20, with 1 century and 15 fifties, making him the all-time leading run scorer in Adelaide Strikers’ BBL history.
Has Jake Weatherald played in the IPL?
No. His only franchise league experience outside the BBL and English county cricket is a single season with Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League in 2021.
Why is his move to Hobart Hurricanes considered ironic?
Because he is the player who scored the century that beat the Hurricanes in the BBL|07 final, and years later he signed to play for that same club.
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