Jake Matthew Fraser-McGurk (born 11 April 2002) is an Australian international cricketer who has represented the Australia national cricket team in ODI and T20I cricket. McGurk is a right-handed batsman who plays for South Australia, Melbourne Renegades, Delhi Capitals and the San Francisco Unicorns.[1]
 Fraser-McGurk playing First Class cricket with South Australia in March 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jake Matthew Fraser-McGurk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 April 2002 Box Hill, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 246) | 4 February 2024 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 February 2025 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 110) | 4 September 2024 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 21 July 2025 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20 | Victoria (squad no. 23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020/21–present | Melbourne Renegades (squad no. 23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24–present | South Australia (squad no. 23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24 | Dubai Capitals (squad no. 23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-2025 | Delhi Capitals (squad no. 33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-2025 | San Francisco Unicorns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 March 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McGurk previously played for Victoria and the Dubai Capitals. He scored a fifty on his first-class, List A and IPL debut.[2]
Early life
editFraser-McGurk grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Mont Albert[3] and attended Carey Baptist Grammar School until the end of year 10.[4] He completed his final two years of school through SEDA College.[5] He started playing junior cricket aged 9 at Boroondara Cricket Club.[6]
Domestic career
editFraser-McGurk made his first-class debut on 12 November 2019, for Victoria in the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield.[7] He made his List A debut on 17 November 2019, for Victoria in the 2019–20 Marsh One-Day Cup.[8]
He made his Twenty20 debut on 12 December 2020, for the Melbourne Renegades, in the 2020–21 Big Bash League season.[9] He scored the fastest List-A hundred off 29 balls on 8 October 2023, surpassing the previous record of 31 balls by AB de Villiers.[10] During the 2024 IPL season, Fraser-McGurk played for the Delhi Capitals. On debut, he scored 55 off 35 against the Lucknow Super Giants. He ended the season with 330 runs in 9 innings with a strike rate of 234, and smashing 32 fours and 28 sixes.[11]
International career
editIn December 2019, Fraser-McGurk was named in Australia's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[12] However, he had to leave the tournament early, after being scratched by a monkey during a team trip to a nature reserve.[13]
In May 2024, he was named as a reserve player in Australia’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[14] On 15 July 2024, Fraser-McGurk was included in the Australia squad for a white-ball tour of England and Scotland to be held in September that year.[15][16] On 4 September 2024, Fraser-McGurk made his T20I debut for Australia against Scotland.[17] He scored 0 on his debut, becoming the first top 6 batter for Australia to be dismissed for a duck on T20I debut.[18] The same month, he scored his maiden international half-century against England.[19]
Statistics
edit| Team | Season | League | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | |||||||||||
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| Competition | Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | Average | High score | 100s / 50s | Overs | Wickets | Runs | Economy | Average | BBM | Catches | ||
| Melbourne Renegades | 2020/21 | BBL | 10 | 10 | 3 | 127 | 18.14 | 40 | 0 / 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.00 | – | – | 7 |
| 2021/22 | BBL | 9 | 8 | 0 | 112 | 14.00 | 32 | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | |
| 2022/23 | BBL | 6 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 6.66 | 24 | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | |
| 2023/24 | BBL | 9 | 8 | 0 | 257 | 32.12 | 70 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | |
| 2024/25 | BBL | 10 | 10 | 0 | 188 | 18.80 | 95 | 0 / 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | |
| 2025/26 | BBL | 10 | 10 | 0 | 163 | 16.30 | 42 | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | |
| Total | 54 | 52 | 3 | 887 | 16.43 | 95 | 0 / 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.00 | – | – | 35 | ||
| Dubai Capitals | 2023/24 | ILT20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 36.33 | 54 | 0 / 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 36.33 | 54 | 0 / 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| Delhi Capitals | 2024 | IPL | 9 | 9 | 0 | 330 | 36.66 | 84 | 0 / 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 2025 | IPL | 6 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 9.16 | 38 | 0 / 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Total | 15 | 15 | 0 | 385 | 25.66 | 84 | 0 / 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| San Francisco Unicorns | 2024 | MLC | 7 | 7 | 0 | 81 | 18.00 | 23 | 0 / 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| 2025 | MLC | 11 | 11 | 0 | 275 | 25.00 | 88 | 0 / 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | |
| Total | 18 | 18 | 0 | 356 | 19.77 | 88 | 0 / 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | ||
| Career Total | 81 | 79 | 3 | 1588 | 20.89 | 95 | 0 / 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.00 | – | – | 41 | ||
- As of match played 17 January 2026
References
edit- ↑ "Jake Fraser-McGurk". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ↑ Jolly, Laura (4 September 2014). "Mont Albert's Jake Fraser-McGurk wins gold with Victoria's under-12s for second year in a row". Herald Sun.
- ↑ "Jake Fraser-McGurk: Australia's promising cricketer makes international debut". Crictoday. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ↑ "Confident Fraser-McGurk ready for Shield debut | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ↑ bcc-admin (11 November 2019). "Jake Fraser-McGurk Sheffield Shield Debut". Boroondara Cricket Club. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ↑ "12th Match, Marsh Sheffield Shield at Melbourne, Nov 12-15 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "17th Match (D/N), The Marsh Cup at Melbourne, Nov 17 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "4th Match (N), Hobart, Dec 12 2020, Big Bash League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ↑ "7th Match, Adelaide, October 8 2023, The Marsh Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ↑ "Kuldeep, Fraser-McGurk and Pant join forces to lift Capitals out of last spot". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ↑ "Next generation: Australia reveal U19 World Cup squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ↑ Cherny, Daniel (29 January 2020). "Aussie cricketer Jake Fraser-McGurk attacked by monkey". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ↑ "Australia's squad for ICC Men's T20I World Cup 2024 Updates". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ↑ "Fraser-McGurk replaces Warner for Australia's UK tour". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ↑ "Jake-Fraser McGurk, Cooper Connolly picked for England, Scotland T20Is". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ↑ "Fraser-McGurk debuts as Aussies bowl in Scotland opener | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ↑ "Jake Fraser-McGurk becomes first Aussie 'batter' to register a duck on T20I debut | Australia tour of Scotland, 2024". www.cricket.com. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ↑ "Livingstone and Bethell star as England level T20I series". ESPNcricinfo. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
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