Nick Jewell
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Nicholas "Nick" Jewell (born August 27, 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer and currently a professional cricket player.
Jewell was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne and played for Under-18s football for Prahran; in Year 12 at Caulfield, he set an Associated Public Schools of Victoria record for the most runs in a season, and captained the school's First XI team. Jewell played one Australian Football League game for the Richmond Football Club in 1997, the club for whom his father Tony Jewell had played for, before turning his attention to cricket.
He made his second XI debut for the Victorian Bushrangers in the 2001–02 season, and made his senior debut shortly afterwards, in a four-run ING Cup loss to the Queensland Bulls. Jewell was seen as a one-day specialist early in his career and opened the batting with a focus on attack. This left him unsettled, and he switched between the second XI and the first XI for the following three seasons.
In the 2005–06 season he changed his approach and adopted a dour, defensive style that has seen him start in all first class games played by Victoria. In January 2006, Jewell scored his maiden first-class century against New South Wales Blues at Lismore.
[edit] References
- ↑ Ken Piesse (2004). Nick Jewell: When I was Young. Retrieved March 4, 2006.
- ↑ Wisden, Cricinfo. "Arnberger and Jewell sparkle as Victoria dominate", Cricinfo, 16 Jan 2006.
