Jake Fraser-McGurk made the fastest One-Day Cup fifty off 14 balls, finishing on 122(63) vs Queensland

[u/Clarku120703]

Highlights from his knock

His List-A cricket record:

Venue	Inns	Avg	SR	50s/100s
Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide	6	68.66	204.97	1/2
Away	32	20.55	112.66	1/0

[u/ConoRiot]

I can’t work out if this bloke is good or garbage

[u/Horns009 → u/ConoRiot]

Karen Rolton oval is an amazing deck for batting, he was also dropped on a sky high ball early

he's perfect for the Redbacks white ball team, nothing more

[u/sellyme → u/Horns009]

The Karen Rolton Highway in this weather might be the single best conditions for batting on the planet.

[u/dashauskat → u/Horns009]

lol He's still only 24, he's definitely playing more international cricket in the future.

So he's inconsistent af, that's pretty normal for young batters, let alone ones that try and hit every ball for six. White ball cricket is trending towards more big boundary hitters, that's why players like him and Owen keep batting the way they do because once it pays off it'll pay off big time.

[u/MisterMarcus → u/ConoRiot]

He's your classic 'hitter without a good technique to back it up' type where his slashing will come off 1 game in 10 and flops embarrassingly the other 9 times.

[u/averagerushfan → u/MisterMarcus]

He's basically a baseball player who happens to be able to hit a bouncing ball

[u/Nakorite → u/ConoRiot]

He’s both

[u/RJSA2000 → u/Nakorite]

He's Spider-Man lol

[u/VeNeRableSeNpAiSh4Ne → u/Nakorite]

So he's good at being garbage? Or garbage at being good ?

[u/lllDogalll → u/VeNeRableSeNpAiSh4Ne]

So he's bad.

[u/_fmm → u/ConoRiot]

He plays high risk cricket pretty typical of how many approach List A these days. So when he's on he's on. Depends on if he's going to be on enough to justify the patches where he's just a turd. So far not even close so it's up to him to prove he can do it.

[u/idris_dragon → u/ConoRiot]

I think he's got a lot of talent but at the moment is more of an archetypal flat track bully. If the conditions start to favour bowlers then things tend to go less well, which has been a bit of theme for a while. When he was here in the UK playing club cricket he couldn't buy a run and his red ball record is patchy.

Will be interesting to see if he kicks on and adapts his game enough to be successful at the top table a la Warner, or is content making dollar on the franchise circuit.

[u/Spagman_Aus → u/ConoRiot]

his away record answers that IMO

[u/Forsaken_Warning_475 → u/ConoRiot]

Garbage on anything other than a road, and above average on a road. Not very useful

[u/schizoishere → u/ConoRiot]

The best batting talent from australia right now imo, insane raw skills but his reluctance to improve or his coachs inability to improve his technique are not making full use of that talent.

Just raw skills not going to get him far, needs to find out what works for him.

To his credit, has started playing some great back foot shots but lot of work to be done for him to be international quality.

Funnily enough i think he would've been better to persue a career in professional golf.

[u/Wehavecrashed → u/schizoishere]

All he has is a good swing and good handle coord. He's not talented.

[u/Mysterious-Drummer74 → u/Wehavecrashed]

He just hit a 50 from 14 balls.. does he have the skills to go further who knows, but to say he he’s not talented is just silly.

[u/schizoishere → u/Wehavecrashed]

He is, picks length super early and has great wrists plus more time on his hands.

[u/Wehavecrashed → u/schizoishere]

Picks lengths early, can't do shit about it.

[u/schizoishere → u/Wehavecrashed]

Yeah it's why I said he has just raw skills, his one bat swing and many stuff in his technique are not making full use of that talent.

[u/rbskiing → u/schizoishere]

Improve his technique?? You need to have one to improve it. Bet he hits a decent driver though…

[u/hiddeninplainsight23 → u/rbskiing]

Didn't he initially have a decent technique when breaking through in the Victoria shield side? 

[u/rbskiing → u/hiddeninplainsight23]

Not really… was very leg side dominant

[u/schizoishere → u/rbskiing]

Watched clips of his 2nd XI games last year, he had a technique even if i feel that was not suitable for him.

[u/tberriman]

Hitting out on Karen Rolton oval is like the opposite of asking if someone can do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke, I don't rate JFM at all and tbh don't see him ever having any significant white ball international career for Australia unless he does a lot of refining of his game, he's just one dimensional plant your feet and swing away

[u/TL-GTR → u/tberriman]

yeah i think any big scores at KRO (or basically any oval with tiny boundaries) need to be pretty much asterisked.

remember when darcy short got that 257? issue was that it was played at hurstville oval which also has a road and short boundaries.

[u/Bloody_Baron91 → u/tberriman]

I do agree with you but he played really well in that one IPL. Alas, he is never been the same again.

[u/averagerushfan → u/Bloody_Baron91]

IPL was also constant flatties

[u/Bloody_Baron91 → u/averagerushfan]

Yes, I was just talking about standard grounds (albeit small boundaries there too) since that's what OP mentioned and mostly international quality bowlers.

[u/tamadeangmo → u/tberriman]

Man Rory Delap era Stoke was king, genuine would have smashed Barca with a classic fucking. 

[u/Intrepid_Doctor8193]

Will the Redbacks ever lose again?

[u/IntoThePeople]

More interestingly, McSweeney scored another 100 and now has an average approaching 50. Great time to get him into the ODI team and hopefully back into the Test team with some good performances similar to Renshaw. 

[u/upyourmerricreek → u/IntoThePeople]

Alas, our current white ball strategy seems to be stuff in as many bomb guys as possible, so JFM comeback it is

[u/auspreacher]

Talented fella but until he’s learnt to stop slogging every ball, I don’t believe he’ll make it in international cricket.

[u/Omby07 → u/auspreacher]

Did you watch the innings? He’s learning.

[u/rko1994]

I like this guy. Hope he fixes whatever issues he had in his game, and then makes a comeback to the national side.

[u/timmeh1705 → u/rko1994]

That 89 off 28 or something for Delhi Capitals a few seasons ago was incredible

It's been all downhill since then, until today

[u/Wehavecrashed → u/[deleted]]

I'm not a fan of him, but questioning his lack of centuries isn't a fair criticism. Even if Jake turns out to be really good, he's never going to be a century maker. He is not, and will never be, someone who makes big scores.

Peak Jake is scoring 50+ scores at a strike rate pushing 140.

[u/KekeroniCheese]

I’ll never stop believing in the Renegades

[u/OneWhoDiesEVERYTIME → u/KekeroniCheese]

Your therapist must be so lucky.

[u/Bobblefighterman]

I won't be fooled

[u/edwardluddlam]

That's it, get him back in the ODI team for the next 4 years based on this performance

[u/BeautifulRooster9313]

Most Aussie cricketers don't peak until their early 30's, so he's got a few years yet....

[u/Grommzz]

All this to average 11 in the Big Bash for another year.

[u/Brahman_Shady]

That IPL stint in 2024 at 50m Kotla boundaries did more bad than good for his career. The feeling of being invincible turned him into a blind slogger .

[u/DiscoFever521327]

Classic QLD behaviour. JFM only seems to score runs against the Heat or the Bulls

[u/FuckPigeons2025]

Only 72 (49) after that, that doesn't seem so fast. 

[u/blickt42]

Pet peeve of mine is people looking at a big hitter and saying he has loads of talent, just needs to apply himself. To me that archetype belongs to someone like Aidan Markram (not a big hitter but the rest is true).

The man averages less than 20 in FC cricket, and less than 25 in LA, batting in the best position a player can bat at. If he has loads of talent, he hasn't shown it.

[u/KekeroniCheese]

RENEGADES 🚨🚨🚨

[u/tinygirlbigmouth]

those karen rolton oval stats are ridiculous. pitch must be a road.

[u/Puzzman]

Damn he’s 24 now…

[u/lxSmokeey]

Here is his one good performance for the next 12 months to keep getting him picked for national teams

[u/Impactor07]

Is he back? Was the talk of the town 2 years ago.

[u/No_Knowledge_2802]

Is aus domestic back into flatie era?

[u/Puzzleheaded-Air-221]

Straight into test team

[u/Affectionate-Bowl392]

JFM is back 🔥🔥 Can wait to see him get picked in auctions and hit 20-ball fifties in the IPL 2027👌👌

[u/nvenkatr]

Interesting. If Vaibhav makes similar stats, he’s called a generational talent. But if JFM is on a resurgence, it raises doubts…

[u/SusRampage → u/nvenkatr]

Well there's like a 10 yr age gap to begin with

[u/ConfidencePitiful438]

That 14-ball fifty is just wild, if he can replicate that consistency, he might actually break into the national side for good.