Will Jacks

William George Jacks is an English cricketer. He is a right – handed batter and off spin bowler.

Domestic Career:

• List A debut on 18 May 2018 for Surrey against Somerset in the 2018 Royal London One – Day Cup
• In his third game, in the same competition, he scored a match – winning 121 against Gloucestershire. Prior to his List A debut, he was in the England squad for the 2018 Under – 19 Cricket World Cup, where he played all six games, including the last as captain.
• First – class debut: on 20 June 2018, for Surrey in the 2018 County Championship
• Twenty20 debut: for Surrey in the 2018 T20 Blast on 5 July 2018
• Jacks was part of the Surrey team that won the 2018 County Championship.
• 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. His century also included six sixes in one over.
• In June 2021, Jacks scored English cricket’s third fastest Twenty20 fifty off 15 balls as Surrey beat local rivals Middlesex.

IPL Career:

• In December 2022, Jacks was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹3.2 crore ahead of the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
• He was ruled out of the season due an injury he sustained while playing for England.
• T20 debut: came in the following season, on 11 April, against Mumbai Indians
• In a league stage match against Gujarat Titans on 28 April, Jacks scored an unbeaten century in 41 balls, in a successful run – chase. The innings included five fours and ten sixes, and was the fifth – fastest century in the history of the IPL.
• In 2024, he and his teammate from Royal Challengers Bangalore, Reece Topley, are heading back to England for “international duties”.

International Career:

• T20I debut: for England on 23 September 2022, against Pakistan
• Test debut: for England against Pakistan in the same tour of T20I debut, on 1 December 2022
• ODI debut: for England against Bangladesh on 1 March 2023

Major Achievements:

• Jacks was part of the Surrey team that won the 2018 County Championship.
• 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. His century also included six sixes in one over.
• In June 2021, Jacks scored English cricket’s third fastest Twenty20 fifty off 15 balls as Surrey beat local rivals Middlesex.
• In a league stage match against Gujarat Titans on 28 April, Jacks scored an unbeaten century in 41 balls, in a successful run – chase. The innings included five fours and ten sixes, and was the fifth – fastest century in the history of the IPL.
• Jacks was part of the Surrey team that won the 2018 County Championship.
• 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. His century also included six sixes in one over.
• In June 2021, Jacks scored English cricket’s third fastest Twenty20 fifty off 15 balls as Surrey beat local rivals Middlesex.