Joel Davies

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Joel Davies
Personal information
Full name
Joel Derek Davies
Born (2003-09-28) 28 September 2003
Manly, New South Wales, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder[1]
RelationsOliver Davies (brother)
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 118)17 June 2026 v Bangladesh
Last T20I21 June 2026 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2022/23Sydney Thunder (squad no. 51)
2023/24–presentSydney Sixers (squad no. 51)
2025/26–presentNew South Wales
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 3 5 3 26
Runs scored 20 217 20 209
Batting average - 31.00 20.00 19.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
Top score 13* 52* 20 35*
Balls bowled 48 629 102 318
Wickets 4 9 3 19
Bowling average 14.50 31.22 36.66 19.57
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/17 3/55 1/10 3/17
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 1/– 14/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 June 2026

Joel Derek Davies (born 28 September 2003) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League. Davies previously played for Sydney Thunder. He is a left-handed batsman and left arm orthodox spin bowler.[2]

Domestic career

Davies was playing Sydney Premier Cricket for Manly Warringah from the age of 14. He averaged over 114 as he captained NSW Metro to the 2022 national under-19 championships with Davies scoring 458 runs across 6 matches. This form led to his signing with the Sydney Thunder for the 2022–23 Big Bash League season.[3] He made his Big Bash debut on 4 January 2023 against the Perth Scorchers taking 2 catches and being credited for 2 run outs.[4] Prior to that, he had caused another run out of Tim David with a direct hit as a substitute fielder against Hobart Hurricanes on 31 December 2022.[5]

He was given a full contract by Sydney Sixers for 2023–24 Big Bash League season.[6] He played in the Big Bash final on 24 January 2024, as Sydney Sixers lost to Brisbane Heat at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[7] He was awarded a rookie contract by New South Wales cricket team in April 2024.[8]

Davies made his Sheffield Shield debut in December 2025, scoring an unbeaten half-century against Queensland. That season, Davies became a regular starter for Sydney Sixers, including a match-of-the-match award in the Challenger match against Hobart Hurricanes, as they reached the final of the 2025–26 Big Bash League.[9]

International career

In December 2022 he was called up as captain to the Australia under-19 cricket squad to face the touring England under-19s.[10][11] He had previously been a reserve for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[12]

In December 2023, he was called up to the senior Australia national cricket team for their T20 tour India,[13] however didn't play a match. In May 2026, he was again named in the Australia squad for a T20 tour of Bangladesh, making his debut in the first match and finishing with figures of 3/17.[14]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Australian cricketer Oliver Davies.[15] In 2018, in different grades both brothers scored centuries for Manly against St George in the Sydney club competition, whilst their father Kevin was scoring a century for Warringah’s fourth grade Shires club.[16] Through their mum, the Davies brothers are eligible to get a Trinidad passport and grew up supporting both Australia and the West Indies.[17]

References

  1. "Joel Davies". Sydney Sixers. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  2. "Joel Davies". Sunstarentertainment.com.
  3. "Joel Davies joins Sydney Thunder for the Big Bash League 2023". Cricket.One.
  4. "'One of the best fielders going around': Davies brothers set to dominate BBL for the next decade". news.com.au.
  5. "Joel Davis fires a bullet throw to run out Tim David". Guerilla Cricket. 31 December 2022.
  6. Sargent, Tom (4 December 2023). "A four-game secret weapon... and the Sydney coups to spark revival: BBL State of Play". Foxsports.au. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  7. "Big Bash final: Brisbane Heat beat Sydney Sixers to win title". BBC Sport. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  8. Ramsey, Andrew (15 April 2024). "Blues reward youth while Sangha seeks greener fields". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  9. McGlashan, Andrew (24 January 2026). "From fill-in to front row: Joel Davies' rise to key Sydney Sixers role". espncricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  10. "U19 National Champs, Adelaide: Undefeated NSW Metro dominate Australian squad for England series". Daily Telegraph.
  11. "Davies to lead U19 Aussies against touring England". Cricket.com.
  12. "Australia name Under-19 Cricket World Cup squad". t20worldcup.com.
  13. Walsh, Courtney (1 December 2023). "World Cup dark horses? The Aussie T20 reinforcements with everything to play for v India". Fox Sports. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  14. "'Not the end of the road' for Maxwell, Stoinis, Smith in T20Is for Australia". espncricinfo. 11 May 2026. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  15. "PHENOMENAL' JOEL DAVIES JOINS BIG BROTHER OLLIE AT THUNDER". SydneyThunder.com.
  16. "Family creates cricket record unlikely to be beaten". Sporting News. 5 March 2018.
  17. "'I was always Windies in the backyard': The brilliant Big Bash brothers... who could defect". Foxsports.com.au. 5 January 2023.