Jess Jonassen

Jessica Louise Jonassen (born 5 November 1992 in Emerald, Queensland[1]) is an Australian cricketer.[2] She is an all-rounder[3] who bowls left-arm orthodox spin.

Jess Jonassen
Jess Jonassen playing for Queensland Fire.
Personal information
Full nameJessica Louise Jonassen
Born (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992
Emerald, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm orthodox spin
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 170)11 August 2015 v England
Last Test18 July 2019 v England
ODI debut (cap 122)25 January 2012 v New Zealand
Last ODI9 October 2019 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.21
T20I debut (cap 33)20 January 2012 v New Zealand
Last T20I8 March 2020 v India
T20I shirt no.21
Career statistics
Competition WTests WODI WT20I
Matches 3 68 79
Runs scored 222 540 422
Batting average 44.40 18.62 14.06
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 0/0
Top score 99 39 47
Balls bowled 595 3149 1531
Wickets 5 101 69
Bowling average 38.60 20.78 20.08
5 wickets in innings 0 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/50 5/27 5/12
Catches/stumpings 1/– 20/– 23/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 March 2020

In June 2015, she was named as one of Australia's touring party for the 2015 Women's Ashes in England.[3] She made 99 and 54 in her test debut,[4] the third-highest number of runs in a women's test debut.[5]

Jonassen bowling at the Women's Ashes Test, 2017

In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by Cricket Australia.[6] In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[7][8] Jonassen said that "it's a really exciting time to be a part of this team".[9]

In November 2018, she was named in Brisbane Heat's squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[10][11] In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract ahead of the 2019–20 season.[12][13] In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for their tour to England to contest the Women's Ashes.[14][15] In September 2019, during Australia's series against Sri Lanka, Jonassen took her 100th wicket in WODI cricket.[16] In January 2020, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[17]

On 12 February 2020, in the final of the 2020 Australia women's Tri-Nation Series against India, Jonassen took her first five-wicket haul in a WT20I match.[18] She finished with figures of 5/12 from her four overs, with Australia winning the series,[19] and Jonassen named the player of the match.[20]

References
  1. "Jess Jonassen". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. "A walk down memory lane with Jess Jonassen". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  3. "Women's Ashes: Australia include three potential Test debututants". BBC. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  4. Ehantharajah, Vithushan (14 August 2015). "Perry six-for helps blow away England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  5. "Most runs in debut match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. "Molineux, Kimmince among new Australia contracts; Beams, Cheatle miss out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. "Australia reveal World Twenty20 squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  8. "Jess Jonassen, Nicole Bolton in Australia's squad for ICC Women's World T20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  9. "'A really exciting time' to be part of this team – Jess Jonassen". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  10. "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  11. "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  12. "Georgia Wareham handed first full Cricket Australia contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  13. "Georgia Wareham included in Australia's 2019-20 contracts list". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  14. "Molineux misses Ashes squad, Vlaeminck included". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  15. "Tayla Vlaeminck beats injury to make Australian women's Ashes squad". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  16. "Haynes' maiden century sets up Australia's record-equaling victory". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  17. "Sophie Molineux and Annabel Sutherland named in Australia's T20 World Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  18. "Jonassen five-for propels Australia to tri-series final victory". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  19. "Beth Mooney 71*, Jess Jonassen 5-12 hand Australia tri-series title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  20. "Aussies turn it on to clinch T20 tri-series". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

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