Jackson Bird

Personal information

Full name

Jackson Munro Bird

Born

11 December 1986 (age 30)
Sydney, New South Wales

Nickname

Squid

Height

195 cm (6 ft 5 in)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm fast-medium

Role

Bowler

International information

National side

Australia

Test debut (cap 431)

26 December 2012 v Sri Lanka

Last Test

26 December 2016 v Pakistan

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2011–present

Tasmania (squad no. 22)

2011–2014

Melbourne Stars

2015–present

Hampshire (squad no. 22 / 3)

2015–present

Sydney Sixers (squad no. 33)

Career statistics

Competition	Test	FC	LA	T20
Matches	8	62	20	43
Runs scored	39	531	20	25
Batting average	19.50	10.21	6.66	6.25
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0
Top score	19*	39	6	14*
Balls bowled	1,754	12,253	1,015	879
Wickets	34	253	19	36
Bowling average	27.47	25.06	43.89	32.33
5 wickets in innings	1	11	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	3	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	5/59	7/45	3/39	4/31
Catches/stumpings	2/–	23/–	8/–	20/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 February 2016

Jackson Munro Bird (born 11 December 1986) is a cricketer who plays Test match cricket for Australia and first class cricket for Tasmania. Bird is a fast bowler. He is originally from Sydney and was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview and Saint Pius X College, Chatswood. Bird left the Manly club to further his career with the Tasmanian Tigers in the 2011–2012 season.

In March 2012, Bird took a hat-trick against Western Australia at the Bellerive Oval. He finished with match figures of 11/95 and helped Tasmania to a spot in the Sheffield Shield final.

After 10 Sheffield Shield matches, Bird had taken 62 wickets. These came at an average of 17.30 and a strike rate of 36.1 – which was the best in the competition's 120-year history at that point.

Bird does not bowl express pace but his ability to swing the ball both ways has proven very successful in domestic cricket. He plays in the Big Bash League for the Sydney Sixers.

Bird was picked in the Australian Test Squad prior to the 2012 Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka at the MCG, while Mitchell Starc was rested. Prior to the commencement of the Test, Bird was presented with a Baggy green, making him the 431st person to play Test Cricket for Australia. Opening the bowling, he took the first wicket of the game removing Dimuth Karunaratne with his tenth delivery and took a total of two wickets in the first innings. Bird took two wickets in the first session of Sri Lanka's second innings. In the following test in Sydney, Bird was named man of the match after taking 7 wickets across two innings. Bird was picked in the Australian One Day squad for the first time on 19 January prior to the match against Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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