Will Jacks

William George Jacks (born 21 November 1998) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batter and off spin bowler. He made his Test debut against Pakistan in December 2022.

Domestic career
He made his List A debut on 18 May 2018 for Surrey against Somerset in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup. In his third game, in the same competition, he scored a match-winning 121 against Gloucestershire. Prior to his List A debut, he was in the England squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, where he played all six games, including the last as captain.

He made his first-class debut on 20 June 2018, for Surrey in the 2018 County Championship. He made his Twenty20 debut for Surrey in the 2018 t20 Blast on 5 July 2018. Jacks was part of the Surrey team that won the 2018 County Championship.

In a pre-season T10 match against Lancashire, Jacks scored a century in 25 balls, believed to be the fastest hundred in a match between two professional teams in a true cricket ground. His century also included six sixes in one over.

In June 2021, Jacks scored English cricket's third fastest Twenty20 fifty off 15 balls as Surrey beat local rivals Middlesex.

In April 2022, he was bought by the Oval Invincibles for the 2022 season of The Hundred. In August 2022, he scored the highest score in the history of The Hundred at 108 runs in 48 balls. Jacks was part of the Surrey team that won the 2022 County Championship.

Jacks was retained by the Oval Invincibles for the 2023 season of The Hundred. Jacks was part of the Oval Invincibles team that won of the 2023 season of the Hundred.

In December 2022, Jacks was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹3.2 crore ahead of the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He was ruled out of the season due an injury he sustained while playing for England. His debut came in the following season, on 11 April, against Mumbai Indians. In a league stage match against Gujarat Titans on 28 April, Jacks scored an unbeaten century in 41 balls, in a successful run-chase. The innings included five fours and ten sixes, and was the fifth-fastest century in the history of the IPL.

In 2024, he and his teammate from Royal Challengers Bangalore, Reece Topley, are heading back to England for "international duties"

International career
In May 2020, Jacks was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2021, he was named in England's One Day International (ODI) squad for home their series against Pakistan, after the original squad for the tour was forced to withdraw following positive tests for COVID-19.

In September 2022, Jacks was named in the England's Test and T20I squad for the away series against Pakistan. He made his T20I debut on 23 September, against Pakistan. His Test debut came against Pakistan in the same tour, on 1 December 2022.

In February 2023, Jacks was named in both England's ODI and T20I squad as an injury replacement for Tom Abell for the away series against Bangladesh. He made his ODI debut against Bangladesh on 1 March. Later that year, he was included in the squads for the home series against England and Ireland.

In May 2024, he was named in England’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.