Nigel Jones (cricketer)

Nigel Geoffrey Jones (born 22 April 1982) is a New Zealand-born Irish cricketer. Jones is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. Jones plays international cricket for Ireland. He was born in Timaru, New Zealand.

Nigel Jones
Personal information
Full name
Nigel Geoffrey Jones
Born (1982-04-22) 22 April 1982
Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 33)1 July 2010 v Kenya
Last ODI25 August 2011 v England
T20I debut (cap 20)13 February 2010 v Afghanistan
Last T20I24 September 2012 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–2014Civil Service North
2015–2022C.I.Y.M.S. Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20
Matches 14 5 18 11
Runs scored 74 42 129 123
Batting average 14.80 21.00 16.12 20.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1
Top score 25* 14* 30 57
Balls bowled 389 12 545 120
Wickets 10 0 12 5
Bowling average 23.40 – 31.33 23.60
5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0
Best bowling 2/19 – 2/19 2/21
Catches/stumpings 7/– 1/– 9/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 May 2018

Jones made his List-A debut for Ireland against Jamaica on their tour of the West Indies in 2010.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut when Ireland played Sri Lanka A in the 2010 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka.[2] Jones made his Twenty20 International debut when Ireland played Afghanistan in the final of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.[3] This is his only Twenty20 International to date.

Jones was a member of Ireland's 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One winning team. During the tournament, he made his One Day International debut which came against Kenya. He played 6 further One Day International's during the tournament.[4] During the tour, he played a further 2 Twenty20's against a West Indies XI. A member of Ireland's squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, Jones did not feature in any of Ireland's matches during the tournament.[5] He was also selected in Ireland's 15-man squad for the 2011 World Cup,[6] but did not play in the tournament. In January 2012 Cricket Ireland increased the number of player contracts to 23 across three categories, and Jones was given a category C contract.[7]

References
  1. List A Matches played by Nigel Jones
  2. Twenty20 Matches played by Nigel Jones
  3. International Twenty20 Matches played by Nigel Jones
  4. "One-Day International Matches played by Nigel Jones". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. Ireland name full-strength Twenty20 squad
  6. ESPNcricinfo staff (19 January 2011), Ireland pick Ed Joyce for World Cup, Cricinfo, retrieved 27 January 2011
  7. Hopps, David (24 January 2012), Ireland map out path to Tests, Cricinfo, retrieved 2 February 2012
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