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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 48) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	–
International information
National side	New Zealand (2003)
Only Test (cap 223)	26 December 2003 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 131)	29 November 2003 v Pakistan
Last ODI	7 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 Balls bowled – – 1 3 Wickets – – 1 0 Bowling average – – 0.00 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 0 10 wickets in match – n/a 0 0 Best bowling – – 1/0 – Catches/stumpings 0/- 0/- 106/0 36/0
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]

See also

• List of Auckland representative cricketers
• One-Test wonder

References

External links

• Cricinfo page on Richard Jones
• Richard Jones at New Zealand Cricket Players Association

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