Jack Brooks

On 28 August 2018, Brooks agreed a three year contract with Somerset ahead of the 2019 season.

During the 2017 season Brooks scored his maiden first class century against Yorkshire's rivals Lancashire, helping to earn his team a valuable draw in their fight for Division 1 survival.

In the 2016 County Championship season, he took more wickets in Division One than any other fast bowler.

Brooks signed up to play for Yorkshire in October 2012, becoming a key part of the county's back-to-back Championship wins in 2014 and 2015.

Brooks played for Oxfordshire between 2004 and 2008. He played for Northamptonshire Second XI at the end of the 2008 season before signing a professional contract with the club for the 2009 season. He made his professional debut against the Australian tourist team taking the wickets of Andrew McDonald and Mitchell Johnson. He hoped that his performance against Australia would lead to more first-class matches. On his Northants debut, he took 4 wickets for 76 against Derbyshire. He signed a two-year contract extension on 2 September 2009, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2011 season. During the 2010 season, Brooks was a regular in the team opening the bowling.

Jack Alexander Brooks (born 4 June 1984 in Oxford) is an English professional cricket player, currently playing for Somerset after successful spells at Oxfordshire in the Minor Counties, and Northamptonshire and Yorkshire in first-class cricket. He is predominantly a right arm medium fast bowler who can also bat.