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Full name Simon Philip Jones
Born December 25, 1978, Morriston, Swansea, Glamorgan
Current age 29 years 197 days
Major teams England,Glamorgan,Worcestershire
Nickname Horse
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
6 ft 3 in
Education Coedcae Comprehensive, Millfield
Relations Father - IJ Jones
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
18
18
5
205
44
15.76
395
51.89
0
0
29
3
4
0
ODIs
8
1
0
1
1
1.00
2
50.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
84
104
34
865
46
12.35
0
0
17
0
List A
34
13
8
76
26
15.20
0
0
2
0
Twenty20
4
2
1
22
11*
22.00
12
183.33
0
0
1
2
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
18
33
2821
1666
59
6/53
7/110
28.23
3.54
47.8
2
3
0
ODIs
8
7
348
275
7
2/43
2/43
39.28
4.74
49.7
0
0
0
First-class
84
12317
7516
244
6/45
30.80
3.66
50.4
14
1
List A
34
1454
1239
31
5/32
5/32
39.96
5.11
46.9
0
1
0
Twenty20
4
4
92
150
2
1/36
1/36
75.00
9.78
46.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v India at Lord's, Jul 25-29, 2002 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Nottingham, Aug 25-28, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Zimbabwe v England at Bulawayo, Dec 4, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Australia at The Oval, Jul 12, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1998
Last First-class
Leicestershire v Worcestershire at Leicester, Jun 29-Jul 1, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1999
Last List A
Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Swansea, May 25, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Worcestershire v Warwickshire at Worcester, Jun 17, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Somerset v Worcestershire at Taunton, Jun 22, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A strapping and skiddy fast bowler, Simon Jones fought back from a grievous career-threatening knee injury to become an integral member of England's triumphant Ashes-winning team in 2005. Jones's pace and mastery of reverse-swing carried him to 18 wickets at 21 in four Tests, before he was forced to sit out a nervy final match due to an ankle problem. Twelve months later, he was still on the sidelines, brought low by a string of injuries that left the impression that he was jinxed. His first experience of Ashes cricket came on the 2002-03 tour Down Under, when he was selected as England's great white hope. But his tour ended abruptly on the opening day of the series at Brisbane, when he slid to prevent a boundary and ruptured a cruciate ligament in his right knee. But he fought back courageously after a six-month lay-off, aided by the memories of the taunts he had received while laying stricken on the outfield, and by March 2004, he was back to a good pace and preparing himself for a tour of the Caribbean. He played in all four Tests, and helped England to a series win with 15 wickets, but he was very much the fourth member of the attack, forever fighting to hold off the challenge from James Anderson. All that began to change at Port Elizabeth in 2004-05, when his inspired fourth-day spell - and a rare diving catch at fine leg - secured a notable victory over South Africa. By the start of the 2005 season, he had regained the yard of pace he had mislaid after his injury, and added a new and mysterious extra element as well - reverse-swing. The bamboozling inswinger with which he plucked Michael Clarke's off stump at Old Trafford was one of the images of the summer, as was his part in the match-turning 51-run stand for the tenth wicket with Andrew Flintoff at Edgbaston. His father, Jeff, played 15 Tests for England as a feisty left-arm seamer in the 1960s. But he, too, had his career curtailed by injury. Andrew Miller April 2007
Notes
NBC Denis Compton Award 2001
Awarded the MBE on 31st December 2005
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2006
