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Spring 2016
Jackson Bird
in numbers
AVERAGE AT WHICH
HIS 195 FIRST CLASS
WICKETS HAVE COME
TO DATE, IN JUST 46
MATCHES
The first former St Ignatius College
at Riverview pupil to play for
Australia at Test level in the school’s
135-year history. Away from the
cricketing scene, Bird studied a
Bachelor of Business, specialising
in marketing.
TEST BEST FIGURES AGAINST NEW
ZEALAND IN CHRISTCHURCH, HIS FIRST
FIVE-WICKET HAUL FOR AUSTRALIA.
Bird’s Baggy Green cap
number as he became the
431st person to play Test
cricket for Australia.
Number of instances
when Bird has taken five
wickets in an innings, the
fast bowler converting
three of them in to
ten-wicket match hauls.
The year Bird made his first class debut,
for Tasmania against South Australia in
November at Hobart.
{
Statistics correct as of 7 March 2016
}