Jackson Bird
Bowler
Bowls Right Arm Fast-Med
Bowler
Bowls Right Arm Fast-Med
Bio
Having toiled away in Sydney’s Grade competition for several years, Jackson Bird headed south to Tasmania in 2011 to seek greater opportunities at state level.
The move couldn’t have worked out any better, with the right-armer taking 53 wickets at an average of 16.00 in his debut season to be named Sheffield Shield Player of the Year.
An international debut soon followed in the 2012 Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka, where he took four wickets, before he picked up seven more scalps and a man-of-the-match award the following week at the SCG.
A steady fast-medium bowler who relies on accuracy and slight movement off the seam, he was a part of Australia’s unsuccessful Ashes Tour in 2013 before he was laid low by a back injury.
While he has shone with the red ball, Bird has also proven himself to be an accomplished performer in the Big Bash League for Melbourne Stars.
Bird earned a recall to the national set up during the 2016 tour of New Zealand and played a crucial role in the second Test in Christchurch, grabbing 5-59 in the second innings and seven wickets for the match as Australia claimed a thumping victory.
Latest Videos
Winter ended as Tigers seals nail-biting win
Jackson Bird sealed Tasmania's tense 16-run win over South Australia to with the wicket of Nick Winter, ending the Redbacks' finals hopes and keeping the Tigers' season alive
Sayers in for injured Bird, confirms Smith
Australia Test captain Steve Smith has confirmed the withdrawal of Jackson Bird from the South Africa tour, with Chadd Sayers replacing him
Bird forced from field with hamstring strain
Test quick Jackson Bird has suffered a hamstring strain while playing for Tasmania less than one week before Australia are due to depart for the Qantas Tour of South Africa
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