Jess Jonassen Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jess Jonassen

• Does Jess drink alcohol: Yes
  

  Jess Jonassen (right) spotted drinking with her partner

• Jess Jonassen is an Australian cricketer. She is a five-time World Cup winner and was the fourth Australian woman to take 100 ODI wickets.

• She started playing cricket at the age of ten with her dad and later played for her school team when she was in the fifth grade. Following her promising performance she was selected to play junior cricket for the Rockhampton Brothers Cricket Club.
  

  A childhood picture of Jess Jonassen playing cricket

• When Jess Jonassen started playing cricket, there was no girl’s team in her hometown and so she played along with the boys’ team. In an interview, she pointed out that she was the first girl to play cricket for her primary school and that they had to get permission from Catholic Education Queensland before she was allowed to play cricket. She also played for the University of Queensland Cricket Club.

• Jess was a medium-pace bowler when she started playing cricket. Her childhood coach, Scott Death, changed her into a spinner.

• During the 2006-2007 season, she captained the Queensland Under-15 girl’s team to the national title for the first time and was named the Player of the Tournament.

• In an interview, she revealed that when she was younger, she used to play U-14 matches in the morning and U-16 matches in the afternoon on most Saturdays and Sundays.

• She was selected for the Australia A Women’s squad at the age of 15.

• She has two French Bulldogs named Alfie and Freddie.
  

  Alfie and Freddie (left)

• In an interview, she pointed out that she loves reading and playing the guitar during her leisure time and added that homemade pizza or salmon was her favourite meal to cook.

• She was an ardent supporter of the Western Bulldogs, an Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).
  

  Jess Jonassen is a Western Bulldogs supporter

• In 2008, she made her Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) debut with Queensland Fire. She featured in all the league matches for them in the 2008-2009 season and took 12 wickets.
  

  An old picture of Jess Jonassen

• In 2010, she was promoted to number three in the batting lineup and ended the season as the fifth-highest scorer in the league with 228 runs.

• Jess received the Clem Jones Scholarship provided by Griffith University between 2010 and 2013.

• On 20 January 2012, she made her T20 international debut against New Zealand Women at North Sydney Oval and took two wickets from four overs; her last name, ‘Jonassen,’ was misspelt on her jersey.
  

  Jess Jonassen’s jersey name on her debut match

• On 25 January 2012, she made her One Day International debut against New Zealand Women in Sydney.

• On 29 January 2012, Jess recorded her first ODI wicket, when she dismissed New Zealand Women’s Katey Martin.

• On 7 October 2012, she took three wickets at an economy of 6.25, as Australia Women beat England Women in the final of the 2012 ICC Women’s World Twenty20.
  

  Jess Jonassen with the 2012 ICC T20 World Cup trophy

• Jess was named to the Australia women’s team for the 2013 Women’s Cricket World Cup. However, she was replaced by Renee Chappell one week before the start of the tournament, when she failed to recover on time following a knee surgery done in January 2013.

• In June 2013, she was named to Australia Women’s Test squad for their one-off match against the England Women’s cricket team.

• She was part of the Australia Women’s squad in the 2014 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 and took six wickets in the tournament. She opened the batting for Australia Women along with Elyse Villani in the semi-final and final of the tournament; Australia Women defeated England Women in the final and clinched the title.

• She was the leading wicket-taker with 31 wickets from 21 matches in the ICC Women’s Championship held between 2014 and 2016.

• In January 2014, she became the first Queensland woman player to play 50 Women’s T20 matches. ^[7]The Courier-Mail Jess was the second-highest wicket-taker in the league with 11 wickets.

• On 21 July 2015, she opened the batting and bowling for the Australia women’s team in their match against the England women’s team.

• On 15 August 2015, she made her international Test debut for Australia Women against England Women; she scored 99 runs and took a wicket in the first innings. She scored 54 runs in the second innings and was named the Player of the match.
  

  Jess Jonassen batting on her international Test debut

• In 2015, Brisbane Heat announced that they have signed Jess Jonassen as a marquee player ahead of the inaugural season of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL).
  

  Jess Jonassen celebrating the fall of a wicket for Brisbane Heat

• On 22 February 2016, she recorded her first ODI five-wicket haul against New Zealand Women.

• In 2016, she was named to the Australia Women’s squad for the 2016 ICC Women’s World Twenty20. She failed to replicate her form from the previous tournaments and Australia Women lost to the West Indies in the final by 8 wickets.

• During the 2016/2017 season, Jess was the fourth-highest wicket-taker in WBBL with 17 wickets at an economy of 16.82.

• She was part of the Australia Women’s squad for the 2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup and took nine wickets from seven matches.

• On 26 June 2017, she suffered a hamstring strain during the 2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup group stage match against the West Indies.

• In 2017, she played for the Lancashire Thunder cricket club in the Kia Super League.

• On 7 November 2017, she was part of the Australia Women’s squad for their one-off test against England Women.

• On 11 March 2018, ICC ranked her the No. 1 ODI bowler in Women’s cricket.

• In September 2018, she underwent a fourth knee surgery. Although she was named to the Australia Women’s squad for the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20, she did not feature in any of the matches.

• In 2018, she proposed to her partner, Sarah Wearn, of 10 years; they were planning to get married in 2020, but postponed the wedding due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
  

  Jess Jonassen proposing to Sarah Wearn

• On 24 February 2019, she registered her second ODI five-wicket haul against New Zealand Women.

• In 2019, she won her first title with Brisbane Heat as they defeated the Sydney Sixers team in the final.

• On 7 October 2019, she became the fourth Australian woman to take 100 ODI wickets.

• Jess was the second-leading wicket-taker in the 2019-2020 season of the WBBL with 21 wickets and scored 419 runs.

• During the 2019/2020 season, Brisbane Heat defeated Adelaide Strikers in the final and lifted the trophy.

• On 12 February 2020, she achieved her first T20I five-wicket haul against the India Women in the final of the Tri-Nation Series at Junction Oval.

Jess Jonassen takes FIVE wickets and Australia win the tri-series! #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/rx3qL7lp9c

— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) February 12, 2020

• Jess was included in the Australia Women’s team for the 2020 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 and took ten wickets from six matches; she was among the top-five wicket-takers of the tournament and was included in the ICC Team of the tournament.

• In 2020, she announced that her contract with Brisbane Heat was extended for another three seasons and she replaced the retired Kirby Short as the team captain.

OOOOOOO 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Jess Jonassen with the warning to Maddie Penna at the non-striker's end! #WBBL08 pic.twitter.com/anpRHsG8ww

— Weber Women's Big Bash League (@WBBL) November 24, 2022

• In 2020, Jess was announced as the captain of Queensland Fire.

• On 10 February 2021, her father died after battling cancer.

• In 2021, following her father’s death, she opted out of the inaugural season of The Hundred. In an interview, she revealed that he was her biggest influence in cricket and it was hard for her to accept his death. The Australian Women’s team travelled for the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup on his first death anniversary and it was a difficult moment for Jess as she couldn’t be with her family.

• On 26 October 2021, she became the second person to take 100 wickets in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL).

Jess Jonassen becomes just the second player to reach 100 WBBL wickets 🙌 #WBBL07 pic.twitter.com/otLGtLfrPD

— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) October 26, 2021

• She was among the centrally contracted players of the Australian women’s cricket team for the 2022-2023 season.

• In an interview, she pointed out that she was equally comfortable with opening overs for the team and also bowling in the death overs.

• In June 2022, she criticized the comments made by International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman, Greg Barclay, about the future of women’s Test cricket.

Well it won’t without genuine support from the top… 🙄👎🏽

Disappointing to see these comments, the hunger and drive is there from multiple countries regardless of some significant hurdles that need to be overcome by some. It should never be solely about money.. https://t.co/BPikD4ulwF

— Jessica Jonassen (@JJonassen21) June 4, 2022

• On 28 July 2022, ICC ranked her the No. 3 T20I bowler in Women’s cricket.

• On 29 July 2022, she registered a four-wicket haul against India Women during the opening match of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Australia Women defeated India Women in the final by 9 runs.

• In an interview, she revealed that it was on the first death anniversary of her dad, the Australian Women’s team travelled for the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup.

• She was included in the Australia Women’s team for the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup and ended the tournament as the leading wicket-taker for Australia Women with 13 wickets from 8 innings. In the final against England Women, she took three wickets from 8.4 overs and Australia Women won by 71 runs.

• On 21 January 2023, Jess made her 88th ODI match appearance for Australia Women against Pakistan Women in Sydney during the Pakistan Women’s Tour of Australia.

• She was included in the Australia Women’s squad for the 2023 ICC Women’s World Twenty20. Following a below-par performance in the opening match, she was dropped from the starting eleven. Later, she was named in the starting eleven for the semi-final and final matches and took one wicket in each match; Australia Women won the title by defeating South Africa Women in the final.

• On 26 February 2023, she made her 100th international T20 appearance in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup final between Australia Women and South Africa Women.

• In 2023, she was purchased by the Delhi Capitals for the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL).

We're all Jess Jonassen right now after that stunning catch from Shafali 😀💪#YehHaiNayiDilli #CapitalsUniverse #TATAWPL #RCBvDC pic.twitter.com/MyFQqjzQm4

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) March 5, 2023