Jackson Bird – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameJackson Munro Bird

Born11 Dec 1986

Age39 Years

NationalityAustralia

RoleBowler/Right-arm fast-medium, Right-handed Batsman

BattingRight Hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Fast Medium

Height6 ft 5 in (1.95 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	9	43	14.33	30.49	34	3.23
T20	96	107	8.91	84.92	89	7.58
List A	48	185	13.21	94.87	59	4.68
First-class	139	1809	11.60	59.86	543	2.92

Debuts

Test Australia vs Sri Lanka, Melbourne26 Dec 2012

First ClassTasmania vs South Aust, Hobart 15 Nov 2011

List ANSW vs Tasmania, Hobart 4 Feb 2012

T20Scorchers vs Stars, Melbourne 4 Jan 2012

Family

RelationsIan Bird (Father), Jenny Bird (Mother)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	9	9	6	43	19	14.33	141	30.49	0	3	1	2
T20	96	29	17	107	14	8.91	126	84.92	0	5	1	40
List A	48	24	10	185	28	13.21	195	94.87	0	19	3	20
First-class	139	199	43	1809	64	11.60	3022	59.86	4	218	26	77

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	9	17	322.2	1042	34	7/117	30.64	3.23	1	0
T20	96	95	313.3	2378	89	4/16	26.71	7.58	0	0
List A	48	48	433.4	2030	59	6/25	34.4	4.68	1	0
First-class	139	254	4608.2	13475	543	11/95	24.82	2.92	20	6

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Big Bash League	85	81	14	6.23	77.88	77	7.87
The Marsh Cup	16	73	28	10.43	93.59	26	4.35
Sheffield Shield	73	1232	64	12.44	67.14	294	2.81
County Championship	8	136	53	12.36	63.26	18	3.54

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
Pakistan	1	19	19	–	44.19
New Zealand	2	7	4	–	31.82
South Africa	1	6	6	6.00	35.29
Sri Lanka	2	6	6	6.00	27.27
England	3	5	4	5.00	13.51

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Sri Lanka	4	11	178	16.18	8.09	12.00
Pakistan	4	10	292	29.20	3.24	54.00
New Zealand	4	8	228	28.50	3.75	45.63
South Africa	2	3	111	37.00	3.08	72.00
England	3	2	233	116.50	3.21	217.50

Last 10 innings · batting

2 & 2vs QB

25*vs NSW

9 & 3vs VIC

20 & 2vs NSW

2 & 23vs WA

2 & 5vs SA

8*vs NSW

0 & 1vs SA

4 & 9vs WA

25vs QB

First Class vs QB11 Nov 2026 · c MG Neser b MJ Swepson & b M Labuschagne 2 & 2(7 & 15) First Class vs NSW29 Oct 2026 · Not out 25*(21) First Class vs VIC4 Mar 2026 · c (sub X Crone) b M Perry & c C Kellaway b W Sutherland 9 & 3(8 & 5) First Class vs NSW16 Feb 2026 · b C Anderson & b Liam Hatcher 20 & 2(62 & 7) First Class vs WA5 Feb 2026 · c BL Couch b C Rocchiccioli & c J Curtis b Cameron Gannon 2 & 23(12 & 31) First Class vs SA5 Dec 2025 · c NJ McAndrew b JS Buckingham & c JAS Sangha b L Scott 2 & 5(9 & 13) First Class vs NSW21 Nov 2025 · Not out 8*(9) First Class vs SA9 Nov 2025 · c A Carey b HTRJY Thornton & b B Doggett 0 & 1(3 & 2) First Class vs WA14 Oct 2025 · c L Haskett b M Kelly & c H Cartwright b Cameron Gannon 4 & 9(10 & 7) First Class vs QB4 Oct 2025 · c & b B Floros 25(32)

Last 10 innings · bowling

1/55vs QB

4 & 3/39 & 26vs NSW

3 & 0/46 & 42vs VIC

1 & 0/78 & 29vs NSW

0 & 2/49 & 27vs WA

0 & 3/19 & 89vs SA

3 & 2/36 & 45vs NSW

3 & 0/47 & 27vs SA

3 & 2/38 & 54vs WA

0/76vs QB

First Class vs QB11 Nov 2026 1/55 First Class vs NSW29 Oct 2026 4 & 3/39 & 26 First Class vs VIC4 Mar 2026 3 & 0/46 & 42 First Class vs NSW16 Feb 2026 1 & 0/78 & 29 First Class vs WA5 Feb 2026 0 & 2/49 & 27 First Class vs SA5 Dec 2025 0 & 3/19 & 89 First Class vs NSW21 Nov 2025 3 & 2/36 & 45 First Class vs SA9 Nov 2025 3 & 0/47 & 27 First Class vs WA14 Oct 2025 3 & 2/38 & 54 First Class vs QB4 Oct 2025 0/76

About Jackson Bird

Jackson Bird Biography

Jackson Munro Bird is an Australian cricketer, born on 11 December 1986 in Sydney, New South Wales. Bird is a fast-medium bowler and has an ability to swing the ball in both directions.

He plays Test matches for Australia national team. Bird was considered much capable to be replaced by Mitchell Starc during his injury who is the key person for the Australian team.

Background

Bird started his career as a cricketer by making a debut for Tasmania in 2011 and in the same year, he also represented Melbourne Stars in Big Bash League.

In 2012, Bird took a hat-trick against Western Australia and played a crucial role for Tasmania to reach the finals in Sheffield Shield.

Debut

Jackson had made his Test debut on 26 December 2012 in the match against Sri Lanka and became the 431st person to play Test cricket for Australia. He took a total of two wickets in the first innings.

In the debut series, he did well by picking up 11 wickets overall, including a four-wicket haul in the last match and he was awarded Man of the Match in his very second Test.

Rise to Glory

Jackson Bird was very successful in domestic cricket because of his ability to swing the ball in both ways. In the early stage of his career in 2012, he took a hat-trick in a match against Western Australia.

He took a total of 62 wickets by playing 10 Sheffield Shield matches, which were the best in the competition's 120-year history at that point. This excellent form of Bird got him selected to replace Mitchell Starc during his injury in Boxing Day test match against Sri Lanka.

Club Career

Jackson Bird made his first-class debut for Tasmania in 2011. He played a vital role in making Tasmania reach the Sheffield Shield finals. After 10 Sheffield Shield matches, Bird had taken 62 wickets.

He also played for Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League from 2011 to 2014 and since then has been associated with Sydney Sixers. In 2015, he also started playing for Hampshire.

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