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Full name Geraint Owen Jones
Born July 14, 1976, Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
Current age 28 years 364 days
Major teams England, Kent, Kent 2nd XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 15 19 1 574 100 31.88 940 61.06 1 3 81 8 56 2
ODIs 33 26 6 529 80 26.44 669 79.07 0 3 51 10 53 2
Twenty-20 Int. 1 1 0 19 19 19.00 14 135.71 0 0 1 0
First-class 48 65 9 2087 108* 37.26 4 12 145 11
List A 78 65 11 1261 80 23.35 1627 77.50 0 6 92 13
Twenty-20 8 7 1 90 22 15.00 65 138.46 0 0 8 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 15 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
ODIs 33 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Twenty-20 Int. 1 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
First-class 48 6 4 0 - - - 4.00 - 0 0 0
List A 78 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Twenty-20 8 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
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Test debut West Indies v England at St John's - Apr 10-14, 2004
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Last Test England v Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street - Jun 3-7, 2005
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ODI debut England v West Indies at Nottingham - Jun 27, 2004
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Last ODI England v Australia at The Oval - Jul 12, 2005 scorecard
Only Twenty-20 Int. England v Australia at Southampton - Jun 13,
2005 scorecard
First-class span 2001 - 2005
List A span 2001 - 2005
Twenty-20 span 2003 - 2005
Geraint Jones was born in Papua New Guinea to Welsh
parents, and lived and learned his cricket in Australia until he was
22. It's little wonder he's been a late arrival on the English
scene. But, as Alec Stewart demonstrated so admirably over the
course of 13 years, age should be no barrier where the wicketkeeping
duties are concerned. Jones, like Stewart, was almost 27 when he
first came to the attention of the England selectors, but he had
timed his run to perfection. In the 2003 season - Stewart's last -
Jones scored the best part of 1000 runs at an average of more than
50. After a brief stint at Glamorgan, Jones had moved to Kent, whose
supporters are connoisseurs of fine keeping. But his weight of runs
in the 2nd XI was a major factor in Paul Nixon's controversial
return to Leicestershire. Jones was rewarded with a call-up to
England's Test squad to tour West Indies, and after displacing Chris
Read behind the stumps in the fourth and final Test in Antigua, he
cemented his place with a thrilling century against New Zealand at
Headingley, where his sixth-wicket alliance with Andrew Flintoff had
England fans rubbing their hands with glee. His performances didn't
quite attain the same heights for the rest of the summer, however,
and though his counterpunching style could be good for a
momentum-seizing half-century, his glovework continued to be
erratic, with byes and fumbles in abundance. Jones still speaks in a
soft Australian accent, and is a qualified pharmacy technician.
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