Jack Brooks (cricketer)
Encyclopedia
Jack Alexander Brooks is an English
professional cricket
player currently playing for Northamptonshire CCC after a successful spell at Oxfordshire
in the minor counties. He is predominantly a right arm medium fast
bowler who can also bat.
and Mitchell Johnson
. He hopes that his performance against Australia
will lead to more first class matches On his Northants debut, he took 4/76 against Derbyshire. He signed a two-year contract extension on 2 September 2009, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2011 season. During the 2010 season
, Brooks was a regular in the team opening the bowling.He is renowned as being a passionate committed competitor and has been known to celebrate wickets quite outlandishly,known as a bit of a character and outgoing personality he can often be spotted bowling in a headband.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
professional cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
player currently playing for Northamptonshire CCC after a successful spell at Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
in the minor counties. He is predominantly a right arm medium fast
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
bowler who can also bat.
Career
Brooks played for Oxfordshire between 2004 and 2008. He played for Northamptonshire Second XI at the end of the 2008 season before signing a professional contract with the club for the 2009 season. He made his professional debut against the Australian tourist team taking the wickets of Andrew McDonaldAndrew McDonald (cricketer)
Andrew Barry McDonald is an Australian Test cricketer who plays for the Victorian Bushrangers, and who made his Test debut in Sydney on 3 January 2009, against South Africa. McDonald also represented Australia at under 19 level and has played for the Prime Minister's XI...
and Mitchell Johnson
Mitchell Johnson (cricketer)
Mitchell Guy Johnson is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman. He was awarded the International Cricket Council's 2009 "Cricketer of the Year" award, the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.-Career:...
. He hopes that his performance against Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
will lead to more first class matches On his Northants debut, he took 4/76 against Derbyshire. He signed a two-year contract extension on 2 September 2009, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2011 season. During the 2010 season
2010 English cricket season
-External links:* from Cricinfo...
, Brooks was a regular in the team opening the bowling.He is renowned as being a passionate committed competitor and has been known to celebrate wickets quite outlandishly,known as a bit of a character and outgoing personality he can often be spotted bowling in a headband.
External links
- Player Profile: Jack Brooks from northantscricket.com