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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Geraint Owen Jones MBE | |||
| Born | 14 July 1976 Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea | |||
| Nickname | Jonesy | |||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 623) | 10 April 2004 v West Indies | |||
| Last Test | 14 December 2006 v Australia | |||
| ODI debut (cap 181) | 27 June 2004 v West Indies | |||
| Last ODI | 1 July 2006 v Sri Lanka | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 10 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2001–present | Kent (squad no. 9) | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 34 | 49 | 126 | 149 |
| Runs scored | 1172 | 815 | 5696 | 2569 |
| Batting average | 23.91 | 24.69 | 34.10 | 24.46 |
| 100s/50s | 1/6 | –/4 | 12/30 | –/11 |
| Top score | 100 | 80 | 156 | 86 |
| Balls bowled | – | – | 18 | – |
| Wickets | – | – | 0 | – |
| Bowling average | – | – | – | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | 0 | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | – | – | – | – |
| Catches/stumpings | 128/5 | 68/4 | 382/25 | 171/27 |
| Source: Cricinfo, 26 September 2009 | ||||
Geraint Owen Jones MBE (born 14 July 1976 in Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea) is an England cricketer of Welsh extraction but raised in Australia. Until August 2006 he was the first-choice wicketkeeper for England in both Test and One-day cricket, but fell behind Chris Read, Paul Nixon, Matt Prior and Tim Ambrose. He plays county cricket for Kent.
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