Will Jacks

Having grown attached to the sport from a very young age, Will Jacks played in every age-group possible for Surrey, starting from U-9s, before making it to the England U-19 side and the ECB XI for practice matches. A spin-bowling all-rounder with a metronomic stock ball and probing lengths, Jacks seems to switch personality when he bats. For a tall and lean man, he has the ability to clear boundaries with ease, especially with the leverage he manages to generate because of the length of his arms.

Despite the notion that spin-bowling all-rounders are bits-and-pieces cricketers, Jacks has cemented his spot in the Surrey 2nd XI side in 2017. Before he made his first-class debut, Jacks caught the eye of many counties because of his value as an all-rounder: his miserly bowling in the age-group level and his big-hitting abilities. In the age of wrist-spin, the off-spinner has shown excellent street-smartness at a rather young age; a trait extremely well-suited for the shorter formats. A level-headed young man, he was chosen to lead England in the Youth Test against India in which he handled the responsibility well and delivered with a fantastic hundred.