Joe Weatherley

For the similarly named stock car racer, see Joe Weatherly.

Joe James Weatherley (born 19 January 1997) is an English professional cricketer, who plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club. Weatherley, who has represented and captained England at under 19 level, is a right-handed batsman and off spinner. He made his first-class cricket debut for Hampshire against Cardiff MCCU in April 2016, going on to make his List A and Twenty20 debuts for the club later in the same season.^[1] He left King Edward VI School (Southampton) in 2015.

Joe Weatherley

Personal information
Full name	Joe James Weatherley
Born	(1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 (age 27) Winchester, Hampshire, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2015–present	Hampshire (squad no. 5)
2017	→ Kent (on loan) (squad no. 9)
2023	Southern Brave
First-class debut	4 April 2016 Hampshire v Cardiff MCCU
List A debut	7 June 2016 Hampshire v Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 63 30 69 Runs scored 2,344 804 1,455 Batting average 24.16 32.16 27.98 100s/50s 2/11 2/4 0/6 Top score 168 105* 71 Balls bowled 396 327 6 Wickets 5 8 0 Bowling average 53.60 27.62 – 5 wickets in innings 0 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 0 – Best bowling 1/2 4/25 – Catches/stumpings 52/– 12/– 25/–
Source: CricInfo, 30 September 2023

During the 2015–16 and 2016–17 English off-seasons Weatherley played Adelaide Grade cricket for Woodville, making a career-best score of 220 in January 2017 for the team.^[2][3] On 14 March 2017, Weatherley signed on loan for Kent for the 2017 season.^[4][5] He made his debut for the county in their opening County Championship match of 2017 against Gloucestershire at Canterbury in April.^[6]

In April 2022, he was bought by the Southern Brave for the 2022 season of The Hundred.^[7]

References

1. Joe Weatherley, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
2. Carter S (2015) Weatherley scores his first century on Australian soil, Southern Daily Echo, 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
3. Vimpany NM (2017) Hampshire's Mason Crane claims second seven-wicket haul in as many games, Southern Daily Echo, 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
4. Joe Weatherley joins Kent on loan 15 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
5. Joe Weatherley: Hampshire batsman signs new deal and agrees Kent season-long loan, BBC Sport, 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
6. Stevens keeps Kent out of strife after Norwell's inroads, CricInfo, 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
7. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

External links

Joe Weatherley at ESPNcricinfo