Jess Jonassen

A walk down memory lane with Jess Jonassen

Jess Jonassen

Jonassen has represented Australia in three Tests, 64 one-day internationals and 62 Twenty20 Internationals. She's scored 1,158 international runs and has also claimed 143 wickets with her left-arm spin bowling.

Speaking toICC Cricket 360, the 26-year-old revealed that she didn't have "the traditional type of beginnings" when she first started playing cricket as a kid.

"The earliest memories for me were not one of the traditional type of beginnings for cricket," she said. "I didn't have brothers or siblings that actually wanted to play cricket with me in the backyard.

"For me, it was being in the cricket nets with my dad up in Rockhampton and we would be up there and be in the nets for hours and hours. He would bowl every type of delivery at me to bat and then it would be my turn to bowl to him. I guess that would be my first and even some of my fondest memories."

Watch the full interview below.

ICC 360 – Jess Jonassen takes a walk down memory lane