Jon Ayling
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| Full name | Jonathan Richard Ayling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
13 June 1967 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1987–1993 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jonathan Richard Ayling (born 13 June 1967 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is a retired English cricketer. Ayling was a capable all-rounder, a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.
In 1985 Ayling won 'The Cricket Society Wetherall Award for the Leading All-Rounder in English Schools Cricket'.
Ayling made his Hampshire one-day debut for the county against Somerset in 1987. That season he represented the county in two one-day matches.
Ayling made his first-class debut in the 1988 county season against Oxford University. Ayling would go onto represent the club sixty times in first-class matches. The same season Ayling won his first honour with the club when he was part of the Benson and Hedges Cup winning team that defeated Derbyshire at Lord's. Ayling took a single wicket in the final and was not requested to bat as Hampshire won by seven wickets.
Ayling would also go onto win the 1991 NatWest Trophy when Hampshire defeated Surrey by four wickets, with Ayling taking two wickets: those of Alec Stewart and Darren Bicknell. Ayling hit the winning runs, scoring 18*. His final honour came in the 1992 Benson and Hedges Cup when Hampshire defeated Kent by 41 runs, with Ayling taking one wicket in the Kent innings.
After seven seasons with the club Ayling left Hampshire at the end of the 1993 County Championship. Ayling represented Hampshire in 60 first-class matches scoring 2,082 runs at an average of 26.96. His first-class bowling figures were impressive with Ayling taking 134 wickets at an average of 25.41. Ayling also represented the club in 94 one-day matches, scoring 1,028 runs at an avaerge of 22.84. His bowling in one-day matches yielded 93 wickets at an average of 35.91.
Ayling is currently a coach at Hampshire. After originally being given the post of bowling coach Jon Ayling was placed in charged of Hampshire seconds before stepping down from the role at the end of the 2011 season. Following this Jon became coach of Dauntsey's School. Since his arrival he has led to team to back to back wins of the Peak Sport League (in 2012 and 2013) and an unbeaten tour of Antigua and St Lucia in 2013.