Full name Jackson Munro Bird
Born December 11, 1986, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Current age 31 years 136 days
Major teams Australia, Australia A, Australia Under-19s, Hampshire, Melbourne Stars, New South Wales Under-23s, Sydney Sixers, Tasmania
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
9 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 19* | 14.33 | 141 | 30.49 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
First-class | 71 | 93 | 31 | 694 | 39 | 11.19 | 1390 | 49.92 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 7 | 28 | 0 |
List A | 22 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 16 | 8.20 | 42 | 97.61 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
T20s ![]() |
44 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 14* | 6.25 | 35 | 71.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
9 | 17 | 1934 | 1042 | 34 | 5/59 | 7/117 | 30.64 | 3.23 | 56.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 71 | 129 | 14124 | 7257 | 290 | 7/45 | 11/95 | 25.02 | 3.08 | 48.7 | 14 | 12 | 3 |
List A | 22 | 22 | 1135 | 945 | 22 | 3/39 | 3/39 | 42.95 | 4.99 | 51.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20s ![]() |
44 | 44 | 903 | 1195 | 37 | 4/31 | 4/31 | 32.29 | 7.94 | 24.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Dec 26-28, 2012 scorecard |
Last Test | Australia v England at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 2017 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
First-class debut | Tasmania v South Australia at Hobart, Nov 15-18, 2011 scorecard |
Last First-class | Queensland v Tasmania at Brisbane, Mar 23-27, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | Tasmania v New South Wales at Hobart, Feb 4, 2012 scorecard |
Last List A | Tasmania v Victoria at Perth, Oct 4, 2017 scorecard |
T20s debut | Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers at Melbourne, Jan 4, 2012 scorecard |
Last T20s | Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Sixers at Hobart, Jan 8, 2018 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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13, 2/77, 0/22 | Tasmania | v Queensland | Brisbane | 23 Mar 2018 | FC |
9*, 1/33, 19, 2/54 | Tasmania | v Victoria | Hobart | 14 Mar 2018 | FC |
32, 2/58, 4, 4/64 | Tasmania | v South Aust | Hobart | 5 Mar 2018 | FC |
0/44, 0, 1/41 | Tasmania | v Queensland | Brisbane | 8 Feb 2018 | FC |
0/44, 0*, 3/23 | Tas U23s | v NSW U23s | Hobart | 22 Jan 2018 | Other |
1/31 | Syd Sixers | v Hurricanes | Hobart | 8 Jan 2018 | T20 |
4, 0/108 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2017 |
Test # 2289 ![]() |
3/65, 4/40 | Tasmania | v NSW | Hobart | 3 Dec 2017 | FC |
26, 5/30, 6, 3/51 | Tasmania | v South Aust | Adelaide | 23 Nov 2017 | FC |
19*, 3/40, 11*, 1/42 | Tasmania | v Queensland | Hobart | 4 Nov 2017 | FC |
A fast bowler who moved from New South Wales to Tasmania in order to break in to first-class cricket, Jackson Bird quickly rewarded the Tigers with a remarkable debut season in 2011-12. He collected 53 Sheffield Shield wickets at an average of 16.00, topping the tournament tally, and he was a key factor in Tasmania reaching the final. Bird was also named the Sheffield Shield Player of the Year, making his decision to move south from the Manly-Warringah club in Sydney's grade competition to Tasmania appear a brilliant one. Bird does not bowl at express pace but he constantly attacks the stumps, and this accuracy combined with just enough swing and seam movement has made him a very dangerous proposition at Shield level. Bird earned an Australia A call-up for the 2012 tour of England and won a promotion to the national squad for the Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka later the same year after starting the 2012-13 Shield season in excellent form again. He was Man of the Match in his second Test against Sri Lanka in Sydney, but played only one more Test on the 2013 Ashes tour before being dropped. However, a recall came for the 2016 Test tour of New Zealand, where the selectors believed his ability to move the ball would compensate for his lack of express pace. He struggled in the first Test in Wellington but in the second match in Christchurch he was pivotal in Australia's win, collecting five second-innings wickets and seven for the Test. Away from the game, Bird has studied a Bachelor of Business, specialising in marketing. His father keeps tabs on Bird's cricket career by watching live streaming of matches from Romania, where he works as a grip in the film industry.
Brydon Coverdale