Joe James Weatherley (born 19 January 1997) is an English professional

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er, who plays for

Hampshire County Cricket Club Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Hampshire. Hampshire teams formed by earlier organisations, principal ...

. Weatherley, who has represented and captained England at under 19 level, is a right-handed batsman and off spinner. He made his

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debut for Hampshire against

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in April 2016, going on to make his

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and

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debuts for the club later in the same season.Joe Weatherley

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. Retrieved 2017-03-14. He left King Edward VI School (Southampton) in 2015. During the 2015–16 and 2016–17 English off-seasons Weatherley played Adelaide Grade cricket for Woodville, making a career-best score of 220 in January 2017 for the team.Carter S (2015
Weatherley scores his first century on Australian soil
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Southern Daily Echo The ''Southern Daily Echo'', more commonly known as the ''Daily Echo'' or simply ''The Echo'', is a regional tabloid newspaper based in Southampton, covering the county of Hampshire in the United Kingdom. The newspaper is owned by Newsquest, o ...

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Hampshire's Mason Crane claims second seven-wicket haul in as many games
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'', 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-03-14. On 14 March 2017, Weatherley signed on loan for

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

for the 2017 season.Joe Weatherley joins Kent on loan
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Kent County Cricket Club Kent County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Kent. A club representing the county was first founded in 1842 but Ke ...

, 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-14.Joe Weatherley: Hampshire batsman signs new deal and agrees Kent season-long loan

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, 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-14. He made his debut for the county in their opening County Championship match of 2017 against

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in April.Stevens keeps Kent out of strife after Norwell's inroads

, 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2017-04-09. In April 2022, he was bought by the

Southern Brave Southern Brave is a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Southampton. The team represents the historic counties of Hampshire and Sussex in the newly founded The Hundred competition, which took place for the first time during ...

for the 2022 season of The Hundred.

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