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Full name | Robert Peter Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Warrington, Cheshire, England | 3 November 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2023 | Lancashire (squad no. 12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | →Worcestershire (on loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024–2025 | Worcestershire (squad no. 88) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 23 August 2016 Lancashire v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 31 May 2018 Lancashire v Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,26 May 2025 |
Robert Peter Jones (born 3 November 1995) is an English cricketer who plays for Worcestershire County Cricket Club,having previously made 109 appearances for Lancashire in all formats between 2016 and 2023. [1] He is a right-handed batsman who also bowls right-arm leg spin.
He made his first-class debut on 23 August 2016,for Lancashire against Surrey in the County Championship, [2] and scored his maiden first-class century on 14 September 2016,against Middlesex. [3] [4] He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Lancashire in the 2017 NatWest T20 Blast on 16 August 2017. [5] He made his List A debut for Lancashire in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup on 31 May 2018. [6]
In July 2023,Jones rejected a two-year deal to remain with Lancashire,and accepted an offer from Worcestershire instead. [7] [8] He was subsequently released on loan to his new county for the 2023 One-Day Cup, [9] and made his debut for them in the County Championship on 5 April the following year. [10]