Full name Jonathan William Wells 2006-2015 Tasmania Height 1.70 m Bowling style Right-Arm Medium Role Cricket Player | Batting style Right-handed Name Jonathan Wells Nickname PUG 2015- Western Australia | |
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Born 13 August 1988 (age 35) ( 1988-08-13 ) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Profiles | ||
Jonathan Wayne Wells (born 13 August 1988) is an Australian cricket player, who plays for Western Australia in First Class and One Day Cricket, and Hobart Hurricanes in the T20 Big Bash League. He originates from Tasmania, and represented Tasmania in both First Class and One Day cricket prior to moving to Western Australia in 2015.
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Early life
Wells was born in Hobart, Tasmania. He was the 2004/05 Tasmanian U/17 "Player of the Championships", and was also the 2005 National U/17 "Player of the Championships". He gained selection in the 2006 U/19 World Cup Australian Squad of 30 and the Tasmanian 2nd XI in 2005/06.
Despite his youth, Jonathan earned a call-up to the Tigers' senior squad in 2006 due to his impressive form in representative sides over the previous seasons.
On a rookie contract for the second year, "Wells will be looking for strong performances in the Cricket Australia Cup as he attempts to break into the strong Tigers batting line-up".
Tasmania
Wells received his first call up to the Tigers senior side in December 2008, based upon his solid performances in the Tasmanian Grade Cricket competition, and the indifferent form of the Tigers top order in the start of the 2008-09 season. He made his Sheffield Shield debut at home against the New South Wales Blues, and despite nervously running himself out for 4 in his first innings, he made a solid contribution of 46 in the second innings to give an indication of his potential at first-class level.
He played for Leigh in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition in 2012, scoring 657 runs at an average of 46.92. Wells struggled to hold his place in the Tasmania side over his nine years there, and was eventually delisted.
Western Australia
Despite not being contracted to Western Australia in the 2015-16 season, he was named in the squad for the List A Matador Cup.
He did not play in the first match of the 2016-17 Sheffield Shield season, but after scoring 153 and 149 not out for Western Australia Under-23s against Victoria Under-23s he was selected for the second Shield match to replace Shaun Marsh, who was on Test duty. In Western Australia's third match he scored 120, his first first-class century, in the second innings, and two matches later he scored 113 not out to take Western Australia to their first victory of the season by eight wickets.