Northern Territory Cricket would like to congratulate Jake Weatherald on his selection today in Australia’s 15-man Squad for the First Test of the NRMA Ashes Series.
Born and bred in Darwin, the 30-year-old Northern Territorian grew up playing cricket for Darwin Cricket Club and Tracy Village Cricket Club and progressed through the NT Cricket pathway before re-locating to Adelaide in his teens to pursue his dream of playing cricket professionally.
Weatherald, who currently plays domestic cricket for Tasmania, was last summer's standout Sheffield Shield batter with 906 runs at 50.33.
Jake’s selection in the Ashes Test Squad puts him on the cusp of joining an illustrious group. Since 1877 and over the course of 148 years, there have only been 471 men go on to play Test Cricket for Australia.
NT Cricket CEO Gavin Dovey said:
“We are absolutely thrilled for Jake, and his family, as he moves very close now to becoming the first Northern Territorian to ever wear the Baggy Green cap.
“Jake’s story is one of incredible hard work, sacrifice, courage and resilience to get to this point.
“The entire NT Cricket community is very proud of him and right behind him. Hopefully he gets the final nod into the XI in Perth, he deserves it.”
Australia's First Test squad: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Jake Weatherald, Beau Webster