Jake Weatherald

An explosive left-handed opener, Jake Weatherald is an Australian cricketer who is tailor-made for the shortest format of the game. Weatherald was rewarded with a baggy green in the first Test match of the Ashes 2025-26 at Perth.

Weatherald spread his name with exploits in the domestic one-day fixtures for Western Australia, which earned him a Big Bash League (BBL) contract from the Adelaide Strikers. The southpaw, made for the Big Bash stage, made an impressive half-century on debut for the Strikers, back in the sixth edition of the BBL and hasn’t looked back ever since.

Jake Weatherald’s reputation as a big-game performer was firmly established during the 2017–18 Big Bash League season. In the final against the Hobart Hurricanes, he produced a career-defining innings, scoring 115 off 70 balls to guide the Adelaide Strikers to their maiden BBL title. The knock was historic, becoming the first century ever scored in a Big Bash final and remains one of the tournament’s most memorable performances.

Weatherald continued to make his mark in red-ball cricket as well. On 11 November 2019, during the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield season, he and Henry Hunt rewrote South Australian record books by registering a 293-run opening partnership — the highest for the state in first-class cricket. The stand underlined Weatherald’s ability to anchor long innings at the domestic level.

In October 2020, Weatherald stepped away from the game for a period, citing mental health concerns. His break was widely noted across Australian cricket, highlighting the growing importance of player wellbeing within the professional system.

A significant milestone arrived in November 2025, when Weatherald received his first senior national call-up. He was named in Australia’s squad for the opening Test of the 2025–26 Ashes series against England in Perth, following a strong run of early-season Sheffield Shield performances. In his Test debut, he was dismissed for a second-ball duck in the first innings before contributing 22 off 34 deliveries in the second. However, he reinstated the team management's trust in him with a blitz of 72 runs in the day-and-night Test at Brisbane.

(As of December 2025)