Will Jacks wants to play for England as much as possible despite franchise cricket success
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England’s rising star Will Jacks admits franchise cricket ‘opens other doors’… but after making his debut in all three formats in the last six months, he has his sights set firmly on becoming a regular in all three lions.
- Will Jacks has impressed in franchise cricket in England and abroad.
- He has now made his debut in all three international cricket formats.
- Jacks has dreamed of playing for England and now wants to settle down
Will Jacks’ preparations for a third England debut in the space of six months were anything but Hollywood: 48 hours in the same underpants, borrowed practice gear, not to mention jet lag.
But for a cricketer who at the age of 24 is a product of the franchise generation and embodies its qualities in his dynamic batting, the rush to Dhaka from New Zealand to play his first one-day international was well worth it.
In the club vs. country debate that has engulfed English cricket in recent months, Jacks sides with the three lions.
“I landed at midnight on the 25th and my bags didn’t arrive so I didn’t get them until the morning before the game,” he said, after contributing a second high score of 26 and taking a solid 18 with his off-spin on the three wicket victory over Bangladesh on Wednesday.
“I hit some armpits with Phil Salt’s gloves and one of Dawid Malan’s bats two days ago and got a new training kit, but other than that I wore the same underwear for two days basically. I practically sat on my bed in the same clothes.
Will Jacks was awarded his first one-day cap by Jason Roy on Wednesday.
Jacks turned heads with his big shot and wants to play for England as much as he can.
Jacks is also a useful spinner and took a wicket on his debut against Bangladesh.
The ramifications of traveling from Wellington, where he was a member of the England test tour, contained none of the otherworldly glamor that Jacks has come to frequent.
A player who scored 108 from 48 balls in the Hundreds last year has naturally been in demand and starts a £320,000 Indian Premier League deal with Royal Challengers Bangalore this month.
So the challenge going forward for emerging multi-format players like Jacks, and indeed Harry Brook, will be finding ways to co-exist with international ambition and lucrative Twenty20 assignments.
This winter brings out the difficulties. Since the end of last season for County, in which he won the Championship with Surrey, Jacks has scored arcs in England in Twenty20 and Test cricket in Pakistan and then moved into the SA20, where he hit a competition-high 19 sixes. .
“Growing up, the England badge and playing for England has been something I dreamed of and something I know in the future, I want to do as much as I can,” he said.
“That being said, playing franchise cricket obviously opens other doors and gives you… well, everyone knows what that can give you.
‘I think I’ve had six days at home since the beginning of November. To be honest, that’s pretty ridiculous to me, but that’s the way the schedule is at the moment.
“In the future, if I’m going to be a red and white ball player, then I’m really going to have to make a plan for my cricket franchise and what I’m going to play to make sure I don’t get burnt out and that I’m in a great place to play with. England.