Father: Robbie Weatherald, Mother: Libby Beath, Wife: Rachel Pearce
Jake Weatherald is a left-handed opening batter from Darwin, Australia. He plays aggressively and likes to score quickly. His journey to playing for Australia was not easy. He struggled to get into his state team at one point and even faced mental health challenges. But he worked hard and made a strong comeback. In the 2024-25 season, he scored over 900 runs for Tasmania. That performance earned him a spot in the Ashes series against England in 2025-26. Weatherald is also a proven T20 player. He once scored 115 runs off just 70 balls in a Big Bash League final for the Adelaide Strikers and helped them win the title.
| Batting & Fielding | |||||||||||||
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct |
| Tests | 5 | 10 | 1 | 201 | 72 | 22.33 | 288 | 69.79 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| FC | 85 | 161 | 4 | 5784 | 198 | 36.84 | 9922 | 58.29 | 13 | 29 | 759 | 35 | 65 |
| List A | 51 | 50 | 2 | 1602 | 141 | 33.37 | 1805 | 88.75 | 4 | 8 | 189 | 42 | 17 |
| T20s | 98 | 97 | 7 | 2324 | 115 | 25.82 | 1776 | 130.85 | 1 | 15 | 232 | 92 | 35 |
| Bowling | |||||||||||||
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
| Tests | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FC | 85 | 4 | 78 | 63 | 1 | 1/14 | 1/14 | 63.00 | 4.84 | 78.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 51 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.19 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20s | 98 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jake Weatherald is a left-handed opening batter. He is known for playing attacking shots and scoring runs at a fast pace.
He made his Test debut for Australia during the 2025-26 Ashes series against England.
He has played for the Adelaide Strikers and the Hobart Hurricanes. He was a key player for the Strikers when they won the BBL title.
His highest first-class score is 198 runs. He made that total for South Australia against Tasmania in November 2019.
Yes, he went through a tough period where he could not get a place in the Tasmania team. He has spoken openly about dealing with mental health challenges during that time.
He was born on November 4, 1994, which makes him 31 years old.
