Joel Davies
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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 | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Oliver Davies (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23 | Sydney Thunder (squad no. 51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24–present | Sydney Sixers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 February 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Career
[edit]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 2023, as Sydney Sixers lost to Brisbane Heat at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[6]
International career
[edit]In December 2022 he was called up as captain to the Australia under-19 cricket squad to face the touring England under-19s.[7][8] He had previously been a reserve for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[9]
In December 2023, he was called up to the senior Australia national cricket team for their T20 tour India.[10]
Personal life
[edit]He is the younger brother of Australian cricketer Oliver Davies.[11] 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.[12] Through their mum, the Davies brothers are eligible to get a Trinidad passport and grew up supporting both Australia and the West Indies.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Joel Davies". Sunstarentertainment.com.
- ^ "Joel Davies joins Sydney Thunder for the Big Bash League 2023". Cricket.One.
- ^ "'One of the best fielders going around': Davies brothers set to dominate BBL for the next decade". news.com.au.
- ^ "Joel Davis fires a bullet throw to run out Tim David". Guerilla Cricket.
- ^ Sargent, Tom (4 December 2023). "A four-game secret weapon... and the Sydney coups to spark revival: BBL State of Play". Foxsports.au. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Big Bash final: Brisbane Heat beat Sydney Sixers to win title". BBC Sport. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "U19 National Champs, Adelaide: Undefeated NSW Metro dominate Australian squad for England series". Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Davies to lead U19 Aussies against touring England". Cricket.com.
- ^ "Australia name Under-19 Cricket World Cup squad". t20worldcup.com.
- ^ Walsh, Courtney (1 December 2023). "World Cup dark horses? The Aussie T20 reinforcements with everything to play for v India". Fox Sports. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "PHENOMENAL' JOEL DAVIES JOINS BIG BROTHER OLLIE AT THUNDER". SydneyThunder.com.
- ^ "Family creates cricket record unlikely to be beaten". Sporting News.
- ^ "'I was always Windies in the backyard': The brilliant Big Bash brothers... who could defect". Foxsports.com.au.
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