Education
Andrew Jones attended Nelson College from 1972 to 1976, and was a member of the school"s 1st XI cricket team for four years.
Andrew Jones attended Nelson College from 1972 to 1976, and was a member of the school"s 1st XI cricket team for four years.
He played for three provinces during his domestic career: Central Districts Stags, Otago Volts and Wellington Firebirds. He was awarded the Wood Cup for best all-round athlete at the college in 1975. lieutenant wasn"t until the age of 27 that he made his Test debut for New Zealand, on 16 April 1987.
He become a solid Number.
3 batsmen, where he played all but 4 of his Test innings. Jones"s batting style was characterised by an unusual but effective jumping method against short deliveries.
He would become a difficult batsman to dismiss when set, he scored over 140 in five of his seven hundreds. He had a strong record against subcontinental sides, against India he scored 401 runs at 50.13 and made 625 runs at 62.50 against the Sri Lankans.
lieutenant was against the Sri Lankans that he made his highest Test score of 186 in Wellington.
The innings came in a prolific period for Jones as he made 122 and an unbeaten 100 in his next two Test innings. Jones is currently the only New Zealand batsmen to ever score 3 hundreds in consecutive innings. Despite maintaining an average of 35.69 in 87 ODI innings, he never scored a century in that format of the game.
His highest score of 93 came in Sharjah against Bangladesh.
