Jonathan Moss (cricketer)

Jonathan Moss

Personal information

Born

4 May 1975 (age 41)
Manly, New South Wales, Australia

Nickname

Mossy

Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right arm medium

Role

All-rounder

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2000/01–2006/07

Victoria

2004–2005

Derbyshire

First-class debut

9 March 2001 Victoria v New South Wales

Last First-class

15 February 2007 Victoria v Tasmania

List A debut

26 January 2001 Victoria v Queensland

Last List A

25 February 2007 Victoria v Queensland

Career statistics

Competition	First-class	List A	T20
Matches	83	101	19
Runs scored	4482	2505	436
Batting average	35.01	28.79	31.14
100s/50s	7/30	1/18	0/2
Top score	172*	104	83
Balls bowled	9494	3555	198
Wickets	131	88	7
Bowling average	33.93	31.51	38.85
5 wickets in innings	0	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	4/35	5/47	1/6
Catches/stumpings	39/–	33/–	4/–

Source: CricketArchive, 25 September 2008

Jonathan Moss (born 4 May 1975) is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for the Victorian Bushrangers from season 2000/01 to 2006/07.

Moss was born in Sydney, where his parents had emigrated to from England only a few years before. His older brother, Phil Moss, was born in London, and has been notable in Australian soccer circles as both a player and a manager.

Prior to his first class debut, Moss played for Australia in the Maccabiah Games in Israel, a competition in which the best Jewish sportsmen from around the world compete representing their country. The bridge collapsed as Moss and the Australian team was walking on the bridge in Tel Aviv on the way to the opening games, killing four people. Moss fell into the river.

The Sydney native first played cricket for Hampshire's Second XI in one game in 2000, before moving back to his home country and playing for Victoria, as he was unable to crack the New South Wales squad. His performance as a middle-order batsman in the Victorian team assisted them to the finals of the 2000–01 and 2003–04 Pura Cup finals; Moss averaged around 60 for the tournament.

Moss then moved to England, where he appeared almost two months later for Derbyshire for the first time. He struggled to make himself a part of the first team during his first two seasons at the club, and made a failed transfer request to return to New South Wales.

In season 2005/06 international selection was suggested by numerous journalists (such as Darren Berry), after a strong start to the season with both bat and ball, but his age of 32 was seen as a barrier, and it never eventuated. However, he finished off an excellent season with 295 runs (at an average of 29.50) in the ING Cup, and 413 (at an average of 27) runs in the Pura Cup, plus 20 wickets in the same competition, as Victoria made the Pura Cup final.

In 2006/07 he faced an inconsistent season in Pura Cup cricket, scoring just 149 runs (at an average of 18.62), whilst his medium pacers proved handy, taking 14 wickets (at 28.14) in a decent return, but it was not enough to make Moss a permanent fixture, and he was in and out of the side at times. Moss was more consistent in the renamed Ford Ranger (OD) cup, scoring 344 runs (at 31.27), playing every match, but failing to score a century.

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