Jake Fraser-McGurk


Jake Matthew Fraser-McGurk is an Australian international cricketer who has represented the Australia national cricket team in ODI and T20I cricket. McGurk is a right-handed batsman who plays for South Australia, Melbourne Renegades, Delhi Capitals and the San Francisco Unicorns.
McGurk previously played for Victoria and the Dubai Capitals. He scored a fifty on his first-class, List A and IPL debut.

Early life

Fraser-McGurk grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Mont Albert and attended Carey Baptist Grammar School until the end of year 10. He completed his final two years of school through SEDA College. He started playing junior cricket aged 9 at Boroondara Cricket Club.

Domestic career

Fraser-McGurk made his first-class debut on 12 November 2019, for Victoria in the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield. He made his List A debut on 17 November 2019, for Victoria in the 2019–20 Marsh One-Day Cup.
He made his Twenty20 debut on 12 December 2020, for the Melbourne Renegades, in the 2020–21 Big Bash League season. He scored the fastest List-A hundred off 29 balls on 8 October 2023, surpassing the previous record of 31 balls by AB de Villiers. During the 2024 IPL season, Fraser-McGurk played for the Delhi Capitals. On debut, he scored 55 off 35 against the Lucknow Super Giants. He ended the season with 330 runs in 9 innings with a strike rate of 234, and smashing 32 fours and 28 sixes.

International career

In December 2019, Fraser-McGurk was named in Australia's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. However, he had to leave the tournament early, after being scratched by a monkey during a team trip to a nature reserve.
In May 2024, he was named as a reserve player in Australia’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. On 15 July 2024, Fraser-McGurk was included in the Australia squad for a white-ball tour of England and Scotland to be held in September that year. On 4 September 2024, Fraser-McGurk made his T20I debut for Australia against Scotland. He scored 0 on his debut, becoming the first top 6 batter for Australia to be dismissed for a duck on T20I debut. The same month, he scored his maiden international half-century against England.