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Full name Dean Mervyn Jones
Born March 24, 1961, Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria
Current age 47 years 239 days
Major teams Australia,Derbyshire,Durham,Victoria
Playing role Higher middle order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Coach, Commentator
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
52
89
11
3631
216
46.55
7427
48.88
11
14
361
10
34
0
ODIs
164
161
25
6068
145
44.61
8362
72.56
7
46
54
0
First-class
245
415
45
19188
324*
51.85
55
88
185
0
List A
285
276
43
10936
145
46.93
19
72
114
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
52
10
198
64
1
1/5
1/6
64.00
1.93
198.0
0
0
0
ODIs
164
8
106
81
3
2/34
2/34
27.00
4.58
35.3
0
0
0
First-class
245
2710
1545
27
5/112
57.22
3.42
100.3
1
0
List A
285
802
706
23
2/0
2/0
30.69
5.28
34.8
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, Mar 16-21, 1984 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v Australia at Moratuwa, Sep 8-13, 1992 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v Pakistan at Adelaide, Jan 30, 1984 scorecard
Last ODI
South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Apr 6, 1994 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1981/82 - 1997/98
List A span
1981/82 - 1997/98
Profile
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 remains their record run-maker. 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, although he made a costly on-air slip in 2006 when he referred to the bearded Hashim Amla as a "terrorist".
Cricinfo staff July 2007
