Pocket profile - Jackson Purchase - Sydney Cricket Club
Sydney Cricket Club | January 22, 2025
Jackson Purchase is Sydney Cricket Club current fourth grade captain and a player with tremendous leadership skills who is respected by all players and club leadership.
As a player his contributions are always extremely valuable.
What year were you born?
2000
Tell us about your cricket journey.
I attended a cricket camp through the British International School in Jakarta Indonesia where my family was expating and a school I was attending, was my initial exposure into cricket before my family moved back to Australia. I then found my way into the Castle Hill Junior system through school friends which led me over the years to play various School Cricket, Representative cricket for Hornsby, Shires for Pennant Hills and Epping, Grade Cricket for Parramatta, Blacktown and now Sydney.
Cricket has also given me the opportunity to travel to the UK and play numerous seasons over the last 3 years with incredible individuals and people and I count myself very lucky to have had the opportunities of a life time thanks to a game I love.
If you can share with our readers how you would describe yourself as a cricketer?
As a Junior who grew relatively earlier than those around me I initially played the game as a bowler but as all kids do, I wanted to do it all. Tried my hand at wicketkeeping, spin bowling, opening, slogging, blocking, if I saw it on tv I likely gave it a go.
As I got older, and kids caught up and surpassed me in height the bowling took a back seat and these days I tend to enjoy the middle order roles I find myself in with the bat and being in every hot zone in the field for along as I can.
What do you enjoy most about playing cricket?
The opportunities it’s given me off the field to travel and the unlikeliest of friendships that I've managed to create not only around NSW but now the world.
What’s been your most memorable moment in cricket so far?
Travelling solo across the globe to a new Country with no more than a shared love of the game to bring a group of people together and compete with a group for promotions and sharing a lifetime of memories with.
Who’s your favourite all-time cricketer?
The finest allrounder the world has seen, Jacques Kallis
Who is the fastest bowler you’ve played against?
Kyle Hogg
Who is the best spinner you’ve played against?
Hashan Gunathila
Who played the best innings you’ve seen firsthand playing with or against?
One of Pakistan Crickets greatest ever Abdul Qadir, his son Imran Qadir in Manchester Produced some incredible flowing innings where ease doesn’t come close to describing how picturesque his batting was, but in one of the final games for the season which was riddled with washouts he produced a hundred that every time you looked up it was the most glorious shot you’d ever seen played.
Who is the best wicket keeper you’ve had the good fortune to play with?
Matthew Halliday
Is there a young player in your club you’d like to nominate as a player to watch?
Hamish Malone
Who are the two players you’ve come to admire most in your club in terms of skills and competitive spirit?
Nathan Doyle and Seamus Meaker
What are the two attributes you like to see in a captain and leader?
Calmness andInnovation
Which singer/band would you like to see perform live?
Luke Bryan
Who’s considered the biggest pest at your club?
Avijay Maharaj
Favourite location, city or country as a holiday destination?
Hawaii
Who’s been the biggest influence on your career so far?
Family is always going to drive me but also looking to make a younger version of myself proud and always chasing a better version of myself for the future.
Where do you find inspiration that gets you through challenging times?
Music, I’m yet to find a song that can’t find the words in some way to help me in any situation.
Who are the three people in the world you’d love to meet and talk to?
Bert Kreisher, Jason Kelce and Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
What do you like to do to relax outside cricket?
Switch off completely
Do you have a favourite quote?
I have two.
1. “It’s not about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, one step, one punch, one round at a time.
2. “If you have a problem with me text me, if you don’t have my number, you don’t know me well enough to have a problem with me”.
What are your goals for the season?
For so long it was to stay injury free now it’s so much more about being that 1% better than I was yesterday or the season prior, develop my game, develop as a person, drive to make this club the best club in the competition.
Can we ask, what would it mean to you to play first class cricket?
It would be a bit of a fairytale but maybe a second coming, a chapter in a story that maybe never thought would get written. Sport as a career is always the dream.
