Jason Paul Behrendorff is a cricketer from Australia who was born on April 20th, 1990. He is presently listed with Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers in the Australian domestic cricket competition. The Mumbai Indians are his team, and they compete in both the Indian Premier League and the Major League Cricket. Even though Behrendorff was born in New South Wales, he spent his childhood in Canberra and went on to play cricket for the Australian Capital Territory at both the juvenile and senior levels.
He was a left-arm fast bowler who decided to relocate to Western Australia for the 2009–10 season. The following year, he made his debut at the state level, playing many matches as other fast bowlers suffered injuries. Since then, Behrendorff has established himself as a fixture for Western Australia, opening the bowling in three different competitions: the Sheffield Shield, the Matador BBQs One-Day Cup, and the Sheffield Shield.
It was during the 2012–13 season of the Big Bash League that he made his debut with the Perth Scorchers. He went on to be a member of the Scorchers squad who went on to win consecutive championships during the 2013–14 and 2014–15 baseball seasons. When he was playing for Western Australia in the 2010–11 Ryobi One-Day Cup, he made his List A debut against Tasmania at Hands Oval. He had begun his career in the Futures League, and his strong form enabled him to make his debut then.
In the contest, he finished with statistics of 1/18 from five overs, one of which was the dismissal of Mark Cosgrove with the first ball of Tasmania’s innings during the match. Because of injuries sustained by other fast bowlers, Behrendorff was able to play more often at the state level the following season. He made his debut in the Sheffield Shield against Victoria in November 2011, collecting four wickets and seventy-six runs. Having often contended with Nathan Coulter-Nile for a regular berth in the side, he concluded the 2011–12 season with 13 wickets from five Shield matches and five wickets from five Ryobi One-Day Cup matches. He also had a total of five wickets from five Ryobi One-Day Cup matches.
Jason Behrendorff Biography
| Name | Jason Behrendorff |
| Full Name | Jason Paul Behrendorff |
| Date of Birth | 20 April 1990 |
| Place of Birth | Camden, Australia |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Father’s Name | Milton Behrendorff |
| Mother’s Name | Deanne Behrendorff |
| Siblings | Luke Behrendorff |
| Spouse | Juvelle Hatt |
| Marriage Date | April 2014 |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Bowling |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Left-arm fast bowler |
| ODI Debut | 12 January 2019 vs. India |
| Test Debut | NA |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Yellow |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
On the evening when the Western Australian Cricket Association held its awards ceremony, Behrendorff was presented with the “Future Legend” award after the 2011–12 season. Behrendorff was presented with the opportunity to sign a contract with both Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers for the 2012–13 season as a result of his current performance. In his first Sheffield Shield encounter of the season, which took place in November 2012 against Victoria, he ended up taking 4/29 and 3/24, even though Western Australia was ultimately unsuccessful in their match.
In the following month, Behrendorff made his debut for Perth in the Big Bash League. He took three wickets and four wickets from four overs against the Melbourne Renegades. When he is playing cricket at the grade level, he is a member of the Subiaco–Floreat Cricket Club. Before his employment at Hockey Australia, Behrendorff was working toward a degree in sports science at Edith Cowan University as of December 2012. He had previously had a position at Hockey Australia.
The selection of Behrendorff for the Australia A side to compete in a set of four-day matches against South Africa A in Townsville in August 2014 took place in June of the same year, pending his recuperation from an Achilles injury. During the 2014–15 Basketball League season, Behrendorff was a part of the Scorchers squad which won their second straight championship. He played for the Scorchers throughout the season.
He got 15 wickets from 10 matches, which was tied with his teammate Yasir Arafat, and was second only to John Hastings of the Melbourne Stars, who took 16 wickets for the tournament. He often opened the bowling at the beginning of the match. Throughout the tournament, Behrendorff bowled a total of forty overs, which was the most of any player. He finished his allotted number of overs in every game.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 5 | 114 | 165 | 5 | 2/22 | 33.00 | 8.68 | 22.80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 114 | 165 | 5 | 2/22 | 33.00 | 8.68 | 22.80 | 0 | 0 |
Only four spinners, Shakib Al Hasan, Michael Beer, Fawad Ahmed, and Brad Hogg, among those who bowled more than 15 overs, were able to exceed his economy rate of 6.27 runs per over and his average of 16.73 wickets. His wickets came at an economy rate of 6.27 runs per over. Behrendorff was selected to be a member of Australia’s Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series that they were going to play against India in August of 2017.
On October 7, 2017, he made his debut for Australia in a Twenty20 International match against India.
It was on January 12, 2019, at the Sydney Cricket Ground that he made his debut in a One-Day International (ODI) match against India. He took two wickets throughout the match. The announcement that he will be a part of Australia’s team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup came in April of this year. In the one-day international match that took place on June 25, 2019, Behrendorff recorded his first five-wicket haul in a one-day international.
In August of 2023, Behrendorff was selected to be a part of Australia’s Twenty20 team that will compete against South Africa in a series consisting of three matches. Behrendorff participated in the second match and recorded statistics of 2/25, which contributed to Australia’s victory against South Africa, which ultimately resulted in a 3-0 victory for Australia. In November of 2023, Behrendorff was selected to be a part of the Australian team that would compete against India in a Twenty20 International series consisting of five matches.
Behrendorff participated in four out of the five matches, and he showed that he was financially responsible by achieving numbers of 1/25, 1/12, 2/32, and 2/38. It seemed as if Behrendorff was the only bowler in Australia’s weaker bowling attack who was able to maintain a steady performance throughout the whole series defeating 4-1. It was Behrendorff’s economy of 6.68 over his five matches in favorable batting conditions and his courageous attempts to take wickets that won him the title of 2024 Australian Men’s Twenty20 International Player of the Year.
