Jackson Munro Bird (born December 11, 1986) is an Australian Test cricketer who previously played Test Match cricket for Australia. He plays top notch cricket for Tasmania. Bird is a fast to medium bowler. Originally from Sydney, he was educated at Saint Ignatius' College in Riverview and St Pius X College in Chatswood. Bird left the Manly Club to pursue his career with the Tasmanian Tigers in the 2011/2012 season.

Domestic career

After 10 Sheffield Shield matches, Bird had taken 62 wickets. These averaged 17.30 and a hit rate of 36.1 - at that time the best in the 120-year history of the competition. Bird doesn't play fast-paced, but his ability to swing the ball both ways has proven very successful in domestic cricket. He plays in the Big Bash League for the Sydney Sixers.

In March 2018, Cricket Australia named Bird to their Sheffield Shield Team of the Year.

International career

Bird was selected on the Australian testing team ahead of the 2012 Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka at the MCG while Mitchell Starc was rested. Before the test began, Bird was awarded a baggy green, making him the 431st person to play test cricket for Australia. He opened the bowling and took the first wicket of the game, which Dimuth Karunaratne removed with his tenth delivery, taking a total of two wickets in the first innings. Bird took two wickets in the first session of Sri Lanka's second innings.

In the following Sydney Test, Bird was named Man of the Game after taking 7 wickets in two innings. Bird was first inducted into Australia's one-day squad on January 19, ahead of the game against Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground.