Joe Weatherley

{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1997)}} {{for|the similarly named stock car racer|Joe Weatherly}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Joe Weatherley | image = | country = England | fullname = Joe James Weatherley | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|1|19}} | birth_place = Winchester, Hampshire, England | heightft = 6 | heightinch = 3 | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = Batsman | club1 = Hampshire | year1 = 2015–present | clubnumber1 = 5 | club2 = → Kent (on loan) | year2 = 2017 | clubnumber2 = 9 | club3 = Southern Brave | year3 = 2022–2024 | type1 = First-class | debutdate1 = 4 April | debutyear1 = 2016 | debutfor1 = Hampshire | debutagainst1 = Cardiff MCCU | type2 = List A | debutdate2 = 7 June | debutyear2 = 2016 | debutfor2 = Hampshire | debutagainst2 = Middlesex | columns = 3 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 67 | runs1 = 2,499 | bat avg1 = 24.02 | 100s/50s1 = 2/13 | top score1 = 168 | deliveries1 = 396 | wickets1 = 5 | bowl avg1 = 53.60 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/2 | catches/stumpings1 = 52/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 36 | runs2 = 1,037 | bat avg2 = 35.75 | 100s/50s2 = 3/5 | top score2 = 116* | deliveries2 = 327 | wickets2 = 8 | bowl avg2 = 27.62 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 4/25 | catches/stumpings2 = 14/– | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 99 | runs3 = 2,158 | bat avg3 = 28.77 | 100s/50s3 = 0/9 | top score3 = 71 | deliveries3 = 6 | wickets3 = 0 | bowl avg3 = – | fivefor3 = – | tenfor3 = – | best bowling3 = – | catches/stumpings3 = 36/– | date = 14 April | year = 2026 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/748793.html CricInfo }}

'''Joe James Weatherley''' (born 19 January 1997) is an English professional cricketer, who plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club. Weatherley, who has represented and captained England at under 19 level, is a right-handed batsman and off spinner. He made his first-class cricket debut for Hampshire against Cardiff MCCU in April 2016, going on to make his List A and Twenty20 debuts for the club later in the same season.<ref name=ci>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/player/748793.html Joe Weatherley], CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-03-14.</ref> He left King Edward VI School, Southampton in 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Can you help with careers advice? |url=https://issuu.com/kingedwardvi/docs/kes_edwardian_no_30 |magazine=The Edwardian - King Edward VI School |publication-date=19 March 2020 |issue=30 |page=13 |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>

During the 2015–16 and 2016–17 English off-seasons Weatherley played Adelaide Grade cricket for Woodville, making a career-best score of 220 in January 2017 for the team.<ref name=sde19nov15>Carter S (2015) [http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/14091065.Weatherley_scores_his_first_century_on_Australian_soil/ Weatherley scores his first century on Australian soil], ''Southern Daily Echo'', 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2017-03-14.</ref><ref name=sde23jan17>Vimpany NM (2017) [http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/cricket/hampshire_cricket/15041643.CRICKET__Crane_claims_another_seven_wicket_haul/ Hampshire's Mason Crane claims second seven-wicket haul in as many games], ''Southern Daily Echo'', 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-03-14.</ref> On 14 March 2017, Weatherley signed on loan for Kent for the 2017 season.<ref name=kccc14mar17>[http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/joe-weatherley-joins-kent-loan Joe Weatherley joins Kent on loan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315000954/http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/joe-weatherley-joins-kent-loan |date=15 March 2017 }}, Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-14.</ref><ref name=bbc14mar17>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39266973 Joe Weatherley: Hampshire batsman signs new deal and agrees Kent season-long loan], BBC Sport, 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-14.</ref> He made his debut for the county in their opening County Championship match of 2017 against Gloucestershire at Canterbury in April.<ref name=ci7apr17>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1090962.html Stevens keeps Kent out of strife after Norwell's inroads], CricInfo, 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2017-04-09.</ref>

In April 2022, he was bought by the Southern Brave for the 2022 season of The Hundred.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60477088 |title=The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed |work=BBC Sport |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref>

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