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Full name | Jack Jamieson Clayton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brisbane, Queensland | 25 February 1999||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021/22 | Brisbane Heat (squad no. 84) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021/22–present | Queensland (squad no. 21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,24 October 2024 |
Jack Jamieson Clayton (born 25 February 1999) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Queensland as a batter. [1] Clayton is also a talented Australian Rules footballer,having previously played for the Brisbane Lions academy in second tier NEAFL. [2]
Clayton was offered a rookie contract by Queensland ahead of the 2020–21 season,which was renewed for 2021–22. [3] In May 2022,Clayton was upgraded to a full contract by Queensland. [4]
During December 2021 and January 2022,the 2021–22 Big Bash League cricket tournament was impacted with multiple cases of COVID-19 being reported across several of the competing teams. [5] [6] One of the teams to be severely affected by the outbreak was the Brisbane Heat. [7] As a result,only three players in the Heat's original squad were available for their match against the Melbourne Renegades at the GMHBA Stadium in Geelong on 6 January 2022. [7] With twelve players ruled out of the match due to COVID, [8] the Brisbane Heat assembled a new squad for the match,with as many as ten players in line to make their debut, [9] including Clayton. [10] Therefore,Clayton,along with David Grant,Ronan McDonald,Steve McGiffin,Will Prestwidge and Lachlan Pfeffer all made their Twenty20 debuts in the match for the Heat. [11] In the match,Clayton opened the batting,scoring fifteen runs,including three boundaries. [11] [12]
He made his first-class debut on 18 February 2022,for Queensland in the 2021–22 Sheffield Shield season. [13]