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Full name | Alexander John Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales | 12 November 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | AJ [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010–2013 | Glamorgan (squad no. 27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–present | Wales Minor Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,29 September 2013 |
Alexander John Jones (born 10 November 1988) is a Welsh cricketer. Jones is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium pace. He was born at Bridgend,Glamorgan and educated at Cowbridge Comprehensive School. [1]
Jones first appeared in county cricket for Wales Minor Counties against Oxfordshire in the 2007 Minor Counties Championship, [2] while the following season he played his first match in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against Dorset. [3] In 2009 while studying for his degree in Sport and Physical Education at Cardiff Metropolitan University, [1] Jones played for Cardiff UCCE against county sides,though the matches were not rated as first-class. [4]
Having been a part of Glamorgan's Academy since 2005,he eventually made his first team debut for the county in a List A match against Somerset in the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40. The following season he made further List A appearances, [5] as well as making his first-class debut against Surrey in the County Championship. [6] It was not in List A or first-class cricket that he had success in during the 2011 season,but in Twenty20 cricket instead. Making his debut in that format against Middlesex, [7] he went on to take 15 wickets in the 2011 Friends Provident t20,which came at 17.06 apiece with best figures of 3/16. [8]
Jones was released by Glamorgan after the expiry of his contract at the end of the 2013 season,after making only one county championship appearance in two years. [9]
as of 29 September 2013
Batting | Bowling | |||||||
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Score | Fixture | Venue | Season | Score | Fixture | Venue | Season | |
FC | 26 | Glamorgan v Northamptonshire | Northampton | 2011 | 1-50 | Glamorgan v Surrey | The Oval | 2011 |
LA | 5 | Glamorgan Dragons v Somerset | Taunton | 2010 | 1-26 | Glamorgan v Leicestershire Foxes | Leicester | 2013 |
T20 | 4* | Glamorgan Dragons v Somerset | Taunton | 2011 | 3–16 | Glamorgan Dragons v Middlesex Panthers | Cardiff | 2011 |
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