Stephen Jones (cricketer)

Stephen Jones (born 14 April 1955) is a former South African cricket player and coach. He played in 81 first-class and 35 List A matches for Boland and Western Province from 1974/75 to 1987/88.[1]

Stephen Jones
Personal information
Born (1955-04-14) 14 April 1955
Cape Town, South Africa
Source: Cricinfo, 1 December 2020

Coaching career

Jones ended his playing career as a player-coach with Boland B.[2] He later coached in Namibia before returning to South Africa where he coached Border. He was head coach of South Africa A for a tour of Zimbabwe in 1994,[3] and also coached the national under-19 team on tours of England and India in the mid-1990s.[4]

In 2003, Jones was appointed head cricket coach at Harrow School in England.[2] In February 2004 he was also appointed head coach of the South Africa women's national cricket team.[4] On a 2004 school tour of Sri Lanka, he and his students were caught up in the Boxing Day Tsunami while playing against a local school at Galle International Stadium. The players and spectators had to shelter on the roof of the stadium for several hours, with the stepfather of Spencer Crawley – one of the Harrow students – being killed.[5]

Jones coached South Africa to the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup, which South Africa hosted. The team won only a single match and failed to secure automatic qualification for the next World Cup, leading Jones to publicly criticise Cricket South Africa for its lack of assistance for women's cricket.[6]

References
  1. "Stephen Jones". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. "Coach of the Month: Steve Jones". PitchVision Sports Technology. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  3. Swift, Jon (23 September 1994). "From Captain To Coach For Kepler". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  4. "Jones leads SA Women". BBC. 3 February 2004. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  5. "Narrow escape for SA cricket coach in Sri Lanka". 27 December 2004. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  6. "Williams steers West Indies home". ESPNcricinfo. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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