Nigel Geoffrey Jones (born 22 April 1982) is a New Zealand-born Irish cricketer. Jones is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. Jones plays international cricket for Ireland. He was born in Timaru, New Zealand.

Jones made his List-A debut for Ireland against Jamaica on their tour of the West Indies in 2010.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut when Ireland played Sri Lanka A in the 2010 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka.[2] Jones made his Twenty20 International debut when Ireland played Afghanistan in the final of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.[3] This is his only Twenty20 International to date.

Jones was a member of Ireland's 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One winning team. During the tournament, he made his One Day International debut which came against Kenya. He played 6 further One Day International's during the tournament.[4] During the tour, he played a further 2 Twenty20's against a West Indies XI. A member of Ireland's squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, Jones did not feature in any of Ireland's matches during the tournament.[5] He was also selected in Ireland's 15-man squad for the 2011 World Cup,[6] but did not play in the tournament. In January 2012 Cricket Ireland increased the number of player contracts to 23 across three categories, and Jones was given a category C contract.[7]

References

  1. ^ List A Matches played by Nigel Jones
  2. ^ Twenty20 Matches played by Nigel Jones
  3. ^ International Twenty20 Matches played by Nigel Jones
  4. ^ "One-Day International Matches played by Nigel Jones". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. ^ Ireland name full-strength Twenty20 squad
  6. ^ ESPNcricinfo staff (19 January 2011), Ireland pick Ed Joyce for World Cup, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 27 January 2011
  7. ^ Hopps, David (24 January 2012), Ireland map out path to Tests, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 2 February 2012
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