Player Profile
In Jack Blatherwick, Lancashire have got a bowler with considerable pace on their hands - and one who has returned some important and impressive performances in recent seasons.
Right-arm quick Blatherwick was signed from home county Nottinghamshire in late 2020.
Since then, he has not been an ever-present for the Red Rose across the various competitions, though he has contributed when called upon.
In late May 2024, for example, he helped bowl Durham out for just 75 on the opening night of the Vitality Blast at Emirates Old Trafford with 3-14 from three overs. That represented a career best in 13 career appearances in that format for the now 26-year-old.
His best first-team campaign with Lancashire to date was 2023 when he claimed 26 wickets in 17 appearances across all formats. That included a best of 4-52 in a Metro Bank One-Day Cup win over reigning champions Kent at Blackpool in August.
That too was a career best return. In fact, he has claimed his bests across all formats in a Lancashire shirt.
In a Rothesay County Championship win over Somerset at Taunton in September 2021, he claimed 4-28 in the first innings. After Lancashire had posted 373 live on Sky Sports, Blatherwick helped demolish the hosts for just 90 amidst a fearsome spell.
Nottingham-born Blatherwick came through the Notts’ age-groups from Under 13s and debuted for them in a One-Day Cup clash with Warwickshire at Trent Bridge in May 2018. He made his Championship debut in September 2019 against the same opponents at the same venue.
He played an Under 19s Test Match and six ODIs for England in 2017, four of the ODIs coming against India at the Wankhede and Brabourne Stadiums - two iconic Mumbai venues.
Blatherwick enjoyed a productive run of second-team matches with Lancashire in 2022, claiming 26 wickets in 13 matches with a quartet of three-wicket hauls.
He added a couple of four-wicket hauls for the seconds in the first half of the 2023 summer, earning his first-team chance in early June.
In second-team cricket in 2024, he claimed 19 wickets in nine matches, including 11 in a Championship win over Derbyshire at Denby Village in late August. In the first innings, he took the new ball and ripped through them and took 8-65 from 15.4 overs.
Jack’s father Paul is the commercial director at the cricket bat company, B3. His uncle Michael is the managing director.
He warmed up for the 2025 summer with a winter of grade cricket in Sydney with the Blacktown club.