Jake Weatherald

December 29, 2025 11:57 AM

Ashes: Travis Head backs Jake Weatherald as Australia opening partner

Australia batter Travis Head has endorsed Jake Weatherald as an opening partner following the South Australian's rough start as a test cricketer in the Ashes. Weatherald's batting average is a tick under 21 since his test debut in the Ashes opener in Perth, dragged down by scores of 10 and five in the four-wicket defeat to England on a tough pitch in the fourth test in Melbourne. "He showed a lot of glimpses over his first four tests, and it's not always going to go your way," Head said on Sun...

November 20, 2025 11:13 AM

Weatherald and Doggett to debut for Australia in Ashes opener

Opening batter Jake Weatherald and pace bowler Brendan Doggett will make their debuts for Australia in the first Ashes clash in Perth on Friday, the first time since January 2019 that two new baggy green caps have been handed out before a single test. Steve Smith, standing in as captain for the injured Pat Cummins, named the team in his eve-of-match press conference at Perth Stadium on Thursday, ending months of speculation about the opening partnership. Weatherald’s incl...

November 5, 2025 6:03 PM

Australia selector George Bailey defends age profile of Ashes squad after Waugh criticism

Australia's selectors chairman George Bailey defended sticking with the test side's veteran core for the Ashes on Wednesday following criticism from former captain Steve Waugh about the team's ageing profile. Waugh said on Tuesday that Bailey needed to make tough calls to regenerate the side and had failed to do so in the past, putting Australia's future at risk. "He's going to have to step up to the plate with the other selectors," Waugh had told reporters at the Sydney Cricket Ground. "The b...

November 5, 2025 6:04 PM

Sam Konstas dropped, uncapped Weatherald included in Australia’s Ashes squad

Young opener Sam Konstas has been dropped from Australia's squad for the Ashes, opening the door for uncapped Jake Weatherald to make a test debut in the five-match series against England. Konstas, 20, misses out after a poor tour with the bat in the West Indies, while Weatherald has been included after topping the Sheffield Shieldruns list in 2024/25 and starting the new season with three half-centuries. Top-order batter Marnus Labuschagne was recalled in the 15-man squad after starting the d...