Kevin Jones (cricketer)

Kevin Jones (born 9 September 1986) is a former English professional cricketer. Jones made one first-class cricket appearance for Kent County Cricket Club in 2005. He was born in Gillingham, Kent in 1986.[1]

Kevin Jones
Personal information
Full name
Kevin John Francis Jones
Born (1986-09-09) 9 September 1986 (age 37)
Gillingham, Kent
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005Kent
Only FC16 August 2005 Kent v Bangladesh A
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 14
Batting average 7.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 14
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricInfo, 31 May 2016

Jones was a member of the Cricket Academy at Kent and represented the county at youth level.[2] He first played for Kent's Second XI in 2003[3] before making his only senior appearance in August 2005 against the touring Bangladesh A team.[4]

Jones went on to play for Kent's Second XI and MCC Young Cricketers in the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy until the end of the 2007 season, making 30 appearances in the Championship and 19 in the Trophy.[5] He played club cricket in the Kent Cricket League between 2003 and 2014, primarily for Gore Court in Sittingbourne, although in the 2011 and 2012 seasons he played for Lorsdwood, scoring 43 runs from 20 balls on his debut for the side.[6][7][8][9][10] He was the league's Young Player of the Year in 2005[11] and has since gone on to play village cricket for Rodmersham.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ Kevin Jones, CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  2. ^ Miscellaneous matches played by Kevin Jones, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-31. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Second Eleven Trophy matches played by Kevin Jones, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-31. (subscription required)
  4. ^ First-class matches played by Kevin Jones, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-31. (subscription required)
  5. ^ Second Eleven Championship matches played by Kevin Jones, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-31. (subscription required)
  6. ^ Bromley start defence with a win, BBC Sport, 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  7. ^ Shepherd Neame Kent Cricket League Premier Division round-up, Kent Online, 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  8. ^ Ashton T (2006) Nail-biting stuff in the Premier division, News Shopper, 2006-07-04. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  9. ^ Marsh inspires Gore Court to first League win, Kent Online, 2004-06-11. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  10. ^ Teams Kevin Jones played for, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-31. (subscription required)
  11. ^ Roll of Honour 2011, Kent Cricket League Handbook, 2012. Kent Cricket League.
  12. ^ Littlebourne fall just short, Kent Messenger, Maidstone edition, 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2022-08-10.

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