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| Full name | Joel Derek Davies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 September 2003 Manly, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Oliver Davies (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23 | Sydney Thunder (squad no. 51) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24–present | Sydney Sixers (squad no. 51) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025/26–present | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,24 January 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joel Derek Davies (born 28 September 2003) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League. Davies previously played for Sydney Thunder. He is a left-handed batsman and left arm orthodox spin bowler. [1]
Davies was playing Sydney Premier Cricket for Manly Warringah from the age of 14. He averaged over 114 as he captained NSW Metro to the 2022 national under-19 championships with Davies scoring 458 runs across 6 matches. This form led to his signing with the Sydney Thunder for the 2022–23 Big Bash League season. [2] He made his Big Bash debut on 4 January 2023 against the Perth Scorchers taking 2 catches and being credited for 2 run outs. [3] Prior to that,he had caused another run out of Tim David with a direct hit as a substitute fielder against Hobart Hurricanes on 31 December 2022. [4]
He was given a full contract by Sydney Sixers for 2023-24 Big Bash League season. [5] He played in the Big Bash final on 24 January 2024,as Sydney Sixers lost to Brisbane Heat at the Sydney Cricket Ground. [6] He was awarded a rookie contract by New South Wales cricket team in April 2024. [7]
Davies made his Sheffield Shield debut in December 2025,scoring an unbeaten half-century against Queensland. That season,Davies became a regular starter for Sydney Sixers,including a match-of-the-match award in the Challenger match against Hobart Hurricanes,as they reached the final of the 2025-26 Big Bash League. [8]
In December 2022 he was called up as captain to the Australia under-19 cricket squad to face the touring England under-19s. [9] [10] He had previously been a reserve for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [11]
In December 2023,he was called up to the senior Australia national cricket team for their T20 tour India. [12]
He is the younger brother of Australian cricketer Oliver Davies. [13] In 2018,in different grades both brothers scored centuries for Manly against St George in the Sydney club competition,whilst their father Kevin was scoring a century for Warringah’s fourth grade Shires club. [14] Through their mum,the Davies brothers are eligible to get a Trinidad passport and grew up supporting both Australia and the West Indies. [15]