dean jones Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
dean jones is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Dean Mervyn Jones
Born
March 24, 1961, Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria
Died
September 24, 2020, Mumbai, (aged 59 years old)
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Other
Coach, Commentator
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 52 | 164 | - | - |
Inn | 89 | 161 | - | - |
Runs | 3631 | 6068 | - | - |
Avg | 46.55 | 44.62 | - | - |
SR | 48.89 | 72.57 | - | - |
HS | 216 | 145 | - | - |
NO | 11 | 25 | - | - |
100s | 11 | 7 | - | - |
50s | 14 | 46 | - | - |
4s | 361 | 380 | - | - |
6s | 10 | 64 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 52 | 164 | - | - |
Inn | 10 | 8 | - | - |
Balls | 198 | 106 | - | - |
Runs | 64 | 81 | - | - |
Wkt | 1 | 3 | - | - |
BBI | 5 / 1 | 34 / 2 | - | - |
BBM | 6 / 1 | 34 / 2 | - | - |
Eco | 1.94 | 4.58 | - | - |
Avg | 64.0 | 27.0 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Australia
- Derbyshire
- Durham
- Victoria
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Having debuted in 1984 across both formats, it was ironically in Tests that he started making a name initially, courtesy the fantastic double century in the tied Test against India in Chennai. Coach Bob Simpson remarked that it was the greatest ever innings he has seen by an Australian. Fighting the heat and humidity, Jones ran out of fuel and had to be admitted in the hospital after the match. His heroics in the Test format continued and along with it, he started flowing in his more suited 50-over game as well. He was an integral part of Australia's World Cup winning squad in 1987, particularly due to his expertise in dealing with sub-continental conditions. Jones was hardly troubled by the spinners due to his footwork and ability to work the ball with soft hands.
During his peak, Jones was the backbone of the Aussie middle order in both formats. His ability to play at different gears made him special as he could almost always adapt to a crisis situation with panache. If Jones had a flaw, it was in his character as he couldn't help being brutally frank and this often created issues, both within the team and also against the opposition. It's hard to say that this was a drawback but it certainly did hurt Jones big time throughout his career. In 1992, despite being at his prime as a batsman, he saw himself being dropped from Tests for good and although he clung on in ODIs, a form dip ensured the axe there as well. Jones didn't lose hope and went back to domestic cricket, even having a successful County stint with Derbyshire.
Despite all that, the national comeback never happened and nor did the controversies seem to end as it even affected him at Derbyshire even though the team had success on the field. Jones was forced to resign and in 1998, announced retirement from all forms of the game. At the time of his exit, he had the third best batting average in ODIs ever and was placed fifth in the all time run scorers list. Post retirement, Jones turned his attention towards television commentary and has been a fine analyst ever since. What's refreshing about Jones' on-air analysis is his natural quality to speak his mind out, thereby omitting any semblance of bias. His outspoken nature did get him trouble a couple of times as a commentator but over the last decade or so, he has been sailing smoothly. In October 2017, Jones signed up as the interim coach of the Afghanistan Cricket team.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Dean Jones wrote the book on one-day cricket - literally. He played a new game in which he walked down the pitch to fast bowlers, ran frenetically between wickets and turned outfielding into an attacking occupation. He was a natural showman who was for a while as popular as any other player in Australia. Yet he was also a classic cricketer who once made a triple-century for Victoria and remained their record run-maker until 2008, when Brad Hodge passed his tally. He averaged 46 in Tests, and in the tied Test at Madras in 1986-87 played what Bob Simpson said was the greatest innings for Australia. At the end of his 210 he ended up in hospital on a saline drip.
Jones was a significant part of the team's revival, playing in the '87 World Cup and '89 Ashes wins, but was dropped while still in his prime. Turbulent stints as captain of Victoria and Derbyshire followed, for his personality was bound not to please everyone. He remained devoted to the game and since retirement has been a forthright commentator. An on-air slip in 2006, when he was heard calling the devout Muslim cricketer Hashim Amla a "terrorist", took him off the circuit for a while but he eventually resumed his broadcast work. Jones was coach of the title-winning Islamabad franchise side in the inaugural Pakistan Super League in 2016.
On September 24, 2020, at the age of 59, Jones died of a heart attack in Mumbai, a day after commentating in an IPL match.
ESPNcricinfo staff