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Will Jacks is a powerful English batting allrounder whose explosive strokeplay and useful off-spin have made him a sought-after commodity in white-ball cricket worldwide. The broad-shouldered Surrey product burst onto the scene as a teenager, smashing a maiden List A hundred in just his third senior appearance and later hammering a 25-ball century in a T10 match. His watershed year in 2022 saw him top the run charts in the Bangladesh Premier League, score a record 108 not out off 48 balls in the Hundred, and contribute to Surrey’s County Championship triumph, earning him international call-ups that felt inevitable. Jacks has since become a globetrotting T20 sensation, winning three consecutive Hundred titles with Oval Invincibles and scoring centuries in multiple leagues, including the IPL where he smashed an unbeaten 41-ball hundred for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. A versatile batter who can open or finish innings, Jacks has evolved into a reliable spin option for England following Moeen Ali’s retirement, cementing his place as one of the most exciting white-ball players of his generation.
| Batting & Fielding | |||||||||||||
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct |
| Tests | 6 | 11 | 0 | 234 | 47 | 21.27 | 453 | 51.65 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 |
| ODIs | 23 | 21 | 2 | 629 | 94 | 33.10 | 603 | 104.31 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 20 | 12 |
| T20Is | 40 | 34 | 6 | 630 | 53* | 22.50 | 428 | 147.19 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 29 | 16 |
| FC | 61 | 91 | 9 | 2736 | 150* | 33.36 | 4466 | 61.26 | 4 | 16 | 333 | 52 | 60 |
| List A | 45 | 42 | 2 | 1135 | 121 | 28.37 | 1132 | 100.26 | 1 | 6 | 120 | 33 | 25 |
| T20s | 251 | 234 | 18 | 6349 | 108* | 29.39 | 4062 | 156.30 | 5 | 42 | 603 | 331 | 119 |
| Bowling | |||||||||||||
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
| Tests | 6 | 9 | 721 | 554 | 12 | 6/161 | 6/199 | 46.16 | 4.61 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 23 | 15 | 432 | 447 | 9 | 3/22 | 3/22 | 49.66 | 6.20 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 40 | 16 | 216 | 312 | 16 | 3/14 | 3/14 | 19.50 | 8.66 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FC | 61 | 61 | 4228 | 2391 | 55 | 7/129 | 7/174 | 43.47 | 3.39 | 76.8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| List A | 45 | 32 | 914 | 870 | 20 | 3/22 | 3/22 | 43.50 | 5.71 | 45.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20s | 251 | 124 | 1629 | 2048 | 93 | 4/15 | 4/15 | 22.02 | 7.54 | 17.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
He is a batting allrounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-spin, capable of contributing significantly with both bat and ball in white-ball cricket.
He has represented two IPL franchises: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), who bought him for INR 3.20 crore in 2024, and Mumbai Indians (MI), who signed him for INR 2 crore in 2025.
While playing for RCB in 2024, he smashed an unbeaten century off just 41 balls against Gujarat Titans, batting alongside Virat Kohli to chase down 201 in only 16 overs.
He made his Test debut for England in Rawalpindi in December 2022, taking 6 wickets in the match. He also represented England in the 2024 and 2026 T20 World Cups, playing a key finishing role in the latter tournament.
He plays for Surrey in English county cricket, having won multiple County Championship titles with them in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
In 2022, he scored a record 108 not out off 48 balls for Oval Invincibles. He went on to win three consecutive Hundred titles with the team between 2023 and 2025.
As a 19-year-old, he smashed a maiden List A hundred in his third senior appearance for Surrey. In 2019, he hammered a 25-ball century in a T10 match in Dubai, including six sixes in a single over.
He was born on November 21, 1998, in Chertsey, Surrey, making him 27 years old.
In the 2026 T20 World Cup, he took 3 for 22 against Sri Lanka, derailing their chase and showcasing his value as a spin-bowling option.
Yes, he made a surprise Test debut in Rawalpindi in December 2022 as a last-minute replacement for Ben Foakes, taking 6 wickets in the match. He was also selected for the 2025-26 Ashes campaign as a reserve spinner.
