Player Profile

In Jack Blatherwick, Lancashire have got an emerging bowler with considerable pace on their hands - a promising seamer who is beginning to find his way in county cricket.

That view was strengthened following an encouraging 2023 campaign, in which the 25-year-old claimed 26 wickets in 17 appearances across all formats.

That included a best of 4-52 in a One-Day Cup win over reigning champions Kent at Blackpool in August.

Fingers crossed, he can now build on that in 2024 having agreed a contract extension with the Red Rose county for the next two seasons.

He signed from Nottinghamshire in late 2020, and he has a couple of four-wicket hauls to his name for Lancashire. The best of them was 4-28 in a County Championship win over Somerset at Taunton in September 2021.

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 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.

Jack’s father Paul is the commercial director at the cricket bat company, B3. His uncle Michael is the managing director.