18 Facts About Joe Mennie

Joe Matthew Mennie was born on 24 December 1988 and is an Australian professional cricketer.

Joe Mennie grew up in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, but as a teenager he moved to Nelson Bay.

At the age of 17 Joe Mennie moved back to Coffs Harbour and quickly broke into both the New South Wales Country Colts team and the Western Suburbs District Cricket Club in Sydney Grade Cricket.

Joe Mennie took the second-most wickets by a South Australian for the Sheffield Shield season with 23 wickets at an average of 26.26.

Joe Mennie was signed to the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League Twenty20 competition, along with Ryan Duffield in December 2011 to replace the injured Mitchell Johnson and Mark Cameron.

Joe Mennie became the fourth-highest wicket taker in the competition with 33 wickets at an average of 22.03 despite only playing six matches.

Joe Mennie proved his usefulness as a lower order batsman with a score of 79 not out, his maiden first-class half-century, against Queensland.

Joe Mennie was a major reason for South Australia advancing to their first Sheffield Shield final since 1996, so he was awarded the Neil Dansie medal at the end of the season for being South Australia's most outstanding player for the whole season.

Joe Mennie won the Lord Hampen Trophy for being the state's best first-class cricketer of the season.

In September 2016, Joe Mennie was named in Australia's One Day International squad for their tour to South Africa.

Joe Mennie was surprised that his international debut would come in one of the shorter forms of the game given he had had more success in first-class matches than in List A matches.

Joe Mennie made his ODI debut for Australia against South Africa on 2 October 2016, and he broke the record for the worst bowling figures by an Australian on debut while Australia were demolished by 142 runs.

Joe Mennie bowled 10 overs and conceded 82 runs without taking a wicket.

Joe Mennie was chosen over one of Australia's more established pace bowlers, Jackson Bird, because of his stronger lower order batting in the Sheffield Shield.

Joe Mennie wasn't named in Australia's team for the first match of the series and he was relieved of his 12th man duties so that he could play for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match.

When Peter Siddle suffered a back injury in the first Test, Joe Mennie was brought into the Australian side to make his Test debut.

Joe Mennie was released from hospital two days later and was cleared to fly to Brisbane for the Sixers' semi-final, though he did not play in the match himself.

In February 2022, it was announced that Joe Mennie had signed for Oxton Cricket Club, in Wirral.