Mel Jones
 Jones during the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Melanie Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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11 August 1972 Barnstaple, Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 134) | 6 August 1998 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 22 February 2003 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 82) | 7 February 1997 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 10 April 2005 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996/97 - 2008/09 | Victorian Spirit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melanie Jones (born 11 August 1972, Barnstaple, Devon, England) is a former Australian cricketer. Since retiring from cricket, she has been a commentator in international and domestic cricket matches.
Early life
Jones moved to Australia when she was three months old with her mother, residing in Melbourne.[1] She was introduced to cricket by her high school geography teacher (the father of Australian test player Peter Handscomb).
Playing career
A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, she played 5 Test matches for Australia between 1998 and 2003, scoring 251 runs, highlighted by a 131 on debut against England in August 1998.[2] Jones was the 134th woman to play Test cricket for Australia.[3] She has also played 61 One Day Internationals for Australia, scoring 1028 runs with an average in the low-twenties.[4]
Jones played limited overs cricket in England for the now defunct Lancashire and Cheshire Women cricket team between 1994 and 1997 and the Surrey County women's cricket team between 2003 and 2004.[5] She played 122 games for the Victorian Spirit in the Australian Women's National Cricket League, and then five Women's Twenty20 cricket games for the Tasmanian Roar.[6]
Commentary career
Cricket Australia put Jones' name forward in 2007 to commentate on the women's Twenty20 international, covered by Australia's Channel 9. Since then, Jones has commentated on women's internationals covered by Channel 9, as well as providing commentary for men's and women's games on ABC Radio.[1]
In 2015, Jones was announced as one of four female commentators to commentate on the 2015 Indian Premier League.[7] Later in 2015, Jones joined the Channel 10 coverage of inaugural season of the Women's Big Bash League, and also provided boundary commentary during the 2015-16 Big Bash League.[8] and boundary commentatry for Pakistan Super League 2017.
Personal life
Outside of cricket, Jones works for a sports management company.[1] Born in England, she moved with her mother to Australia when she was three months old. Her father, a West Indian, stayed back in England and she did not meet him until the age of 16. However, he had a big influence on her early life, particularly in attracting her to cricket.[9]
Jones has worked with Australian charity, Red Dust, which promotes health initiatives in remote Aboriginal communities.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Kritika Naidu (2015-04-30). "Breaking glass ceilings, the Melanie Jones way". Wisden India. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
- ↑ "England Women v Australia Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ↑ "Mel Jones (Player #152)". southernstars.org.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ↑ "Player Profile: Mel Jones". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ↑ "CricketArchive - Teams Melanie Jones Played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ↑ "Melanie Jones - CricketArchive". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ↑ Kesha West (2015-04-08). "Sthalekar, Jones to break new ground". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
- ↑ "WBBL derby promoted to main channel". cricket.com.au. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
- ↑ Naidu, Kritika (30 April 2015). "Breaking glass ceilings, the Melanie Jones way". Wisden India. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
External links
- Mel Jones at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Mel Jones at ESPNcricinfo
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