Richard Jones (New Zealand cricketer)

Richard Jones (born 22 October 1973) is a cricketer. He started well, captaining the New Zealand Under-19s cricket team in 1993/4. He went on to represent the full senior side in one Test match and five One Day Internationals.

Richard Jones
Personal information
Full name
Richard Andrew Jones
Born (1973-10-22) 22 October 1973 (age 51)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 223)26 December 2003 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 131)29 November 2003 v Pakistan
Last ODI7 December 2003 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 5 124 132
Runs scored 23 168 7,254 3,212
Batting average 11.50 33.60 35.73 25.90
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 19/33 1/16
Top score 16 63 201 108
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 106/– 36/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2017

Representing Auckland in a match against Wellington, he scored a century – the day before his wedding to Kelly Herbert. He was also the captain of the Auckland Aces, and played for the North Harbour cricket team in the Hawke Cup. In February 2001, he took a wicket with his one and only delivery in a first-class cricket match.[1][2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Shell Trophy at Wellington, Feb 23-26 2001". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Has Chris Gayle scored the most runs in T20 World Cups?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Players who took wickets with their only ball in First-Class cricket". Cricket Country. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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