Jake Fraser-McGurk

Jake Fraser-McGurk
Fraser-McGurk in February 2024
Personal information
Full name
Jake Matthew Fraser-McGurk
Born (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002
Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBatter
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 246)4 February 2024 v West Indies
Last ODI14 February 2025 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.23
T20I debut (cap 110)4 September 2024 v Scotland
Last T20I21 July 2025 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.23
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019/20Victoria (squad no. 23)
2020/21–presentMelbourne Renegades (squad no. 23)
2023/24–presentSouth Australia (squad no. 23)
2023/24Dubai Capitals (squad no. 23)
2024-2025Delhi Capitals (squad no. 33)
2024-2025San Francisco Unicorns
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 7 8 17 35
Runs scored 98 115 594 718
Batting average 14.00 14.37 19.16 23.93
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 1/1 1/1
Top score 41 50 101 125
Catches/stumpings 3/– 7/– 11/– 11/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 November 2025

Jake Matthew Fraser-McGurk (born 11 April 2002) is an Australian international cricketer who represents 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]

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

Fraser-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

Fraser-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

In 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

T20 Franchise Statistics
Team Season League Batting Bowling Fielding
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 1 1 0 14 14.00 14 0 / 0 0 0 0 1
Total 45 43 3 738 18.45 95 0 / 3 1 0 10 10.00 24
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 15 December 2025

References

  1. ^ "Jake Fraser-McGurk". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. ^ "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Jake Fraser-McGurk: Australia's promising cricketer makes international debut". Crictoday. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Confident Fraser-McGurk ready for Shield debut | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "12th Match, Marsh Sheffield Shield at Melbourne, Nov 12-15 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  8. ^ "17th Match (D/N), The Marsh Cup at Melbourne, Nov 17 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  9. ^ "4th Match (N), Hobart, Dec 12 2020, Big Bash League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  10. ^ "7th Match, Adelaide, October 8 2023, The Marsh Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Kuldeep, Fraser-McGurk and Pant join forces to lift Capitals out of last spot". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Next generation: Australia reveal U19 World Cup squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  13. ^ Cherny, Daniel (29 January 2020). "Aussie cricketer Jake Fraser-McGurk attacked by monkey". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Australia's squad for ICC Men's T20I World Cup 2024 Updates". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Fraser-McGurk replaces Warner for Australia's UK tour". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Jake-Fraser McGurk, Cooper Connolly picked for England, Scotland T20Is". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Fraser-McGurk debuts as Aussies bowl in Scotland opener | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ "Livingstone and Bethell star as England level T20I series". ESPNcricinfo. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.