Steffan Jones

For the Welsh rugby union player see Steffan Jones (rugby player)

Steffan Jones
Personal information
Full name Philip Steffan Jones
Born 9 February 1974
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Nickname Jona
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997 Cambridge University
1997–2003 Somerset
2004–2005 Northamptonshire
2006 Derbyshire
2007–2009 Somerset
2009 → Kent (loan)
2009 → Derbyshire (loan)
2010–2011 Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 148 191 56
Runs scored 2,708 725 204
Batting average 18.72 12.71 17.00
100s/50s 2/8 0/0 0/0
Top score 114 42 40
Balls bowled 24,419 8,553 1,063
Wickets 387 256 48
Bowling average 36.87 29.25 31.43
5 wickets in innings 10 3 0
10 wickets in match 1 n/a n/a
Best bowling 6/25 6/56 3/20
Catches/stumpings 34/– 31/– 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 May 2012

Philip Steffan Jones (born 9 February 1974) is a Welsh cricketer who plays for Derbyshire. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler.

Biography

Born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Jones played for Cambridge University in 1997 and took 9–148 in the Varsity match that season. He made his first-class debut for Somerset later the same season and spent seven years with them before having two unsuccessful seasons with Northamptonshire in 2004 and 2005. Playing for Derbyshire in 2006 Jones had much more success taking 59 wickets including a career best 6–25 against Glamorgan. He returned to Somerset for the 2007 season.

Although primarily a bowler he is a useful lower order batsman and has two first-class centuries to his name, both while playing for Somerset, scoring 105 against the New Zealanders in 1999, as well as 110 not out against Leicestershire in April 2007.

Jones joined Kent on loan for one month at the start of the 2009 season,[1] subsequently returning to Somerset and then spending the end of the season with Derbyshire.

After impressing by taking 30 wickets and scoring two half-centuries, he signed a two-year contract to remain with Derbyshire until 2011, taking on a coaching role in addition to his playing duties.[2] He has since announced his intention to retire from cricket at the end of the 2011 season and take up a teaching post. He now teaches at Wellington School, Somerset.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Steffan Jones joins Kent on loan". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  2. ↑ "Steffan Jones Signs Derbyshire Deal". Cricket World. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "Jones outlines sadness at failure to play for Glamorgan". The Cricketer. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

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