Simon Jones (cricketer)

Simon Jones

Personal information
Full name	Simon Philip Jones
Born	(1978-12-25) 25 December 1978 (age 38) Morriston, Swansea, Wales
Nickname	Horse, Shoe Pie
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast
Relations	IJ Jones (father)
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 610)	25 July 2002 v India
Last Test	28 August 2005 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 186)	4 December 2004 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	12 July 2005 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2012–2013	Glamorgan (squad no. 50)
2011	→ Glamorgan (loan) (squad no. 50)
2009–2011	Hampshire (squad no. 10)
2008–2009	Worcestershire
1998–2007	Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA Matches 18 8 91 54 Runs scored 205 1 904 82 Batting average 15.76 1.00 11.89 11.71 100s/50s –/– –/– –/– –/– Top score 44 1 46 26 Balls bowled 2,821 348 13,374 2,193 Wickets 59 7 267 55 Bowling average 28.23 39.28 30.49 36.00 5 wickets in innings 3 – 15 1 10 wickets in match – – 1 – Best bowling 6/53 2/43 6/45 5/32 Catches/stumpings 4/– –/– 18/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 October 2012

Simon Philip Jones MBE (born 25 December 1978) is a Welsh cricketer, who played internationally for England. He played county cricket successively for Glamorgan, Worcestershire, and Hampshire, before re-signing with his first county, Glamorgan, in December 2011 on a two-year deal. His father, Jeff Jones, played cricket for Glamorgan & England in the 1960s.

A tall (6' 3") right-arm fast-medium bowler and left-handed tail-end batsman, Jones, whose father, Jeffrey, had played for England and Glamorgan, made his county cricket debut for Glamorgan against Derbyshire at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, on 22 August 1998.

Jones made his Test match debut at Lord's Cricket Ground against India on 25 July 2002, at the age of 23. After making an impressive 44 from 43 deliveries with the bat, Jones ended the Indian first innings with figures of 2–61 off 21 overs, dismissing Ajay Ratra and Ajit Agarkar. In England's second innings, Jones did not bat, as England declared for 301–6, setting India a target of 568 to win. As India chased, Jones took 2–68, bowling Virender Sehwag, and having VVS Laxman caught by Michael Vaughan for 74, with England winning the match by 170 runs. Jones was left out of the subsequent three Tests, with the four-match series ending in a 1–1 draw.