Left-arm wrist spinner Jake has delivered one of the great stories of world cricket since joining the Bears for the 2020 Vitality Blast. His 4-0-13-1 that day was the start of an incredible journey.
He was immediately a revelation, tying up and tormenting batsmen who were suddenly confronted with something very different.
Batters love to attack the slower bowlers in T20 and, for Jake, it is always a case of ‘bring it on’. He loves that challenge.
His brilliant bowling for the Bears earned him a professional contract, meaning that his teaching career was put on hold.
The short form specialist has since played for inaugural The Hundred winners Southern Brave, and overseas for the likes of Barbados Royals in the Caribbean Premier League and for Fortune Barishal in the Bangladesh Premier League.
Jake has taken 58 Blast wickets in a Bears shirt – with a best of 4-20 – and made a rare red ball appearance in 2023 when he took 3-68 at Essex and also swatted 78 in just 67 balls!
