Jackson Bird
{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{For|the author and vlogger|Jackson Bird (author)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Jackson Bird
| image =
| image_size =
| fullname = Jackson Munro Bird
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|12|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales
| heightm = 1.95{{cite web|title=Jackson Bird|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/teams/australia-men/the-squad/jackson-bird|work=cricket.com.au|publisher=Cricket Australia|access-date=16 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216024319/http://www.cricket.com.au/teams/australia-men/the-squad/jackson-bird|archive-date=16 February 2014|url-status=dead}}
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
| role = Bowler
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2012–2017
| country = Australia
| testdebutdate = 26 December
| testdebutyear = 2012
| testdebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| testcap = 431
| lasttestdate = 26 December
| lasttestyear = 2017
| lasttestagainst = England
| club1 = Tasmania
| year1 = {{nowrap|2011/12–2022/23}}
| club2 = Melbourne Stars
| year2 = {{nowrap|2011/12–2014/15}}
| club3 = Hampshire
| year3 = 2015
| club4 = Sydney Sixers
| year4 = {{nowrap|2015/16–2017/18}}
| club5 = Nottinghamshire
| year5 = 2016
| club6 = Melbourne Stars
| year6 = 2018/19
| club7 = Sydney Sixers
| year7 = {{nowrap|2019/20–present}}
| club8 = Kent
| year8 = 2022
| club9 = New South Wales
| year9 = {{nowrap|2023/24–2024/25}}
| club10 = Tasmania
| year10 = {{nowrap|2025/26-}}
| columns = 4
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 9
| runs1 = 43
| bat avg1 = 14.33
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 19*
| deliveries1 = 1,934
| wickets1 = 34
| bowl avg1 = 30.64
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/59
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| column2 = FC
| matches2 = 129
| runs2 = 1,667
| bat avg2 = 11.82
| 100s/50s2 = 0/4
| top score2 = 64
| deliveries2 = 25,990
| wickets2 = 513
| bowl avg2 = 24.66
| fivefor2 = 20
| tenfor2 = 6
| best bowling2 = 7/18
| catches/stumpings2 = 73/–
| column3 = LA
| matches3 = 48
| runs3 = 185
| bat avg3 = 13.21
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 28*
| deliveries3 = 2,602
| wickets3 = 59
| bowl avg3 = 34.40
| fivefor3 = 1
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 6/25
| catches/stumpings3 = 20/–
| column4 = T20
| matches4 = 93
| runs4 = 105
| bat avg4 = 9.54
| 100s/50s4 = 0/0
| top score4 = 14*
| deliveries4 = 1,857
| wickets4 = 89
| bowl avg4 = 26.25
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/16
| catches/stumpings4 = 36/–
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/215152.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 30 December
| year = 2022
}}
Jackson Munro Bird (born 11 December 1986){{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-domestic-2011/content/player/215152.html |title=Jackson Bird |publisher=Espncricinfo.com |access-date=2013-08-09}} is an Australian international cricketer. He has played for Australia in the past and currently plays first-class cricket for New South Wales. Bird is a fast-medium bowler. He is originally from Sydney and was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview and St Pius X College, Chatswood. Bird left the Manly club to further his career with the Tasmanian Tigers in the 2011–2012 season.
Early career
In March 2012, Bird took a hat-trick against Western Australia at the Bellerive Oval.{{cite web|last=Warren|first=Stu|title=Bird puts Tigers in control|url=http://www.sportal.com.au/cricket-news-display/bird-puts-tigers-in-control-165587|publisher=Sportal|access-date=10 March 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230163508/http://www.sportal.com.au/cricket-news-display/bird-puts-tigers-in-control-165587|archive-date=30 December 2012|url-status=dead}} He finished with match figures of 11/95 and helped Tasmania to a spot in the Sheffield Shield final.
Domestic career
After 10 Sheffield Shield matches, Bird had taken 62 wickets.{{cite web|last=Willoughby|first=James|title=Bird is the word|url=http://www.sportal.com.au/cricket-opinion-display/bird-is-the-word-203905|publisher=Sportal|access-date=16 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020082834/http://www.sportal.com.au/cricket-opinion-display/bird-is-the-word-203905|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead}} 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.
In March 2018, Cricket Australia named Bird in their Sheffield Shield team of the year.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/sheffield-shield-team-year-season-17-18-burns-renshaw-bird-tremain-ferguson-doran-labuschagne-wade/2018-03-18 |title=Our Sheffield Shield team of the year |access-date=18 March 2018 |work=Cricket Australia}}
International career
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.{{cite web|author=Michael Dodge: Getty Images |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-26/bird-pulls-on-baggy-green-for-first-time/4443746 |title=Cap No 431 Retrieved from ABC Grandstand 28 December 2012 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=2012-12-26 |access-date=2013-08-09}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/sport/all/app/?seriesId=2780&matchId=2§ion=cricket&primaryChannel=Scorecard |title=ABC Grandstand Ist Innings Scorecard Boxing Day Test 2012. Access date 28 December 2012 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=2013-08-09}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/sport/all/app/?seriesId=2780&matchId=2§ion=cricket&primaryChannel=Scorecard |title=ABC Grandstand 2nd innings scorecard Boxing Day test 2012. Access date 28 December 2012 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=2013-08-09}} 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.
In January 2017, Bird played as a substitute fielder in the third Test against Pakistan and took four catches during the match, two in each of Pakistan's innings. This equalled Younis Khan's record of four catches as a substitute fielder in a Test.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-pakistan-2016-17/engine/match/1000885.html |title=Pakistan in Australia Test Series - 3rd Test Scorecard |publisher=espncricinfo.com |access-date=2017-01-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/talking-points-from-day-five-of-the-sydney-test/news-story/4f62ac2849146753039257ef49ac6ec6 |title=Talking Points From Day Five of The Sydney Test |publisher=news.com.au |access-date=2017-01-08}}
References
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{{Tasmanian Tigers current squad}}
{{Sydney Sixers current squad}}
{{Australia Squad Ashes 2017–18}}
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