Jack_Clayton_(cricketer)

Jack Clayton (cricketer)

Jack Clayton (cricketer)

Australian cricketer

For other people named Jack Clayton, see Jack Clayton (disambiguation).

Jack Jamieson Clayton (born 25 February 1999) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Queensland and the Brisbane Heat as a top-order batter.[1]

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Clayton was offered a rookie contract by Queensland ahead of the 2020–21 season, which was renewed for 2021–22.[2]

In May 2022, Clayton was upgraded to a full contract by Queensland.[3]

During December 2021 and January 2022, the 2021–22 Big Bash League cricket tournament was impacted with multiple cases of COVID-19 being reported across several of the competing teams.[4][5] One of the teams to be severely affected by the outbreak was the Brisbane Heat.[6] As a result, only three players in the Heat's original squad were available for their match against the Melbourne Renegades at the GMHBA Stadium in Geelong on 6 January 2022.[6] With twelve players ruled out of the match due to COVID,[7] the Brisbane Heat assembled a new squad for the match, with as many as ten players in line to make their debut,[8] including Clayton.[9] Therefore, Clayton, along with David Grant, Ronan McDonald, Steve McGiffin, Will Prestwidge and Lachlan Pfeffer all made their Twenty20 debuts in the match for the Heat.[10] In the match, Clayton opened the batting, scoring fifteen runs, including three boundaries.[10][11]

Clayton is also a talented Australian Rules footballer, having previously played for the Brisbane Lions academy in second tier NEAFL.[12]

He made his first-class debut on 18 February 2022, for Queensland in the 2021–22 Sheffield Shield season.[13]

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