RIP Dean Jones

Snowy

@MN5 Yep.
He was also a cheeky, lippy type, but you could say that about any number of Aussie players to be fair.

mariner4life

unlike most kiwis I loved Dean Jones. I loved what he did for cricket. He was exciting and fucking talented.

Snowy

@mariner4life said in RIP Dean Jones:

He was exciting and fucking talented.

No denying that.

MN5

@Snowy said in RIP Dean Jones:

@MN5 Yep.
He was also a cheeky, lippy type, but you could say that about any number of Aussie players to be fair.

We’re being pretty fair

rotated

@mariner4life said in RIP Dean Jones:

unlike most kiwis I loved Dean Jones. I loved what he did for cricket. He was exciting and fucking talented.

He was consulting for the Black Caps during some of the purple patch between 01-04 and was really well regarded. If you had to have an Aussie influence on the side he would be one of the better ones for sure.

Always enjoyed his humour and enthusiasm. Tied test innings is the stuff of legends.

ACT Crusader

@MN5 said in RIP Dean Jones:

@Snowy said in RIP Dean Jones:

I couldn't stand him - only because he was good - and didn't play for us.

I think you could say that about any number of Aussie players to be fair

This is true for most, but I liked Dean Jones. Maybe because he was Victorian and as I grew up I would watch SS with the old man. Jones was a competitor that in my opinion didn’t come across as arrogant like some of the other players.

I couldn’t stand Merv Hughes though and him and Jones were best mates until they had a massive falling out. That friendship never really recovered.

shark

Jones was pretty much done by the time I started following cricket around 1991/92, but I was certainly aware of his stature in the game. As others have said, he helped revolutionize the ODI format, but he also played some notable test innings.

MN5

@shark said in RIP Dean Jones:

Jones was pretty much done by the time I started following cricket around 1991/92, but I was certainly aware of his stature in the game. As others have said, he helped revolutionize the ODI format, but he also played some notable test innings.

Yeah good point. Sure, 10 years later Oz had class batsmen coming out of their ears but I note he finished test cricket in 1992. Surely he had years left in him ?

Higgins

Annoyed the bejezus out of me with all those very narrow not out calls going his way on runout appeals before the introduction of TMO slow motion replays. Having said that he sure was very quick between the wickets.

bayimports

@rotated said in RIP Dean Jones:

@mariner4life said in RIP Dean Jones:

unlike most kiwis I loved Dean Jones. I loved what he did for cricket. He was exciting and fucking talented.

He was consulting for the Black Caps during some of the purple patch between 01-04 and was really well regarded. If you had to have an Aussie influence on the side he would be one of the better ones for sure.

Always enjoyed his humour and enthusiasm. Tied test innings is the stuff of legends.

Interestingly I would be curious to see how many kiwis would hate Dean Jones. Sure, there were a few aussie traits that would annoy some, but he was never really in the most hated column unlike some of his colleagues (I would have thought). Annoyingly enthusiastic which is an amazingly positive trait, helped NZ cricket as you mention and was a funny guy.

Sad loss for cricket community

Chris B.

@MN5 said in RIP Dean Jones:

@shark said in RIP Dean Jones:

Jones was pretty much done by the time I started following cricket around 1991/92, but I was certainly aware of his stature in the game. As others have said, he helped revolutionize the ODI format, but he also played some notable test innings.

Yeah good point. Sure, 10 years later Oz had class batsmen coming out of their ears but I note he finished test cricket in 1992. Surely he had years left in him ?

Just had a look at the end of his test career and his dropping was slightly odd timing.

He had a definite lean patch, starting with a 1990 test against us and ending with a 150* vs India. Averaged 26 over quite a few test innings.

They then took him to Sri Lanka and he was like a pig in shit - his last 7 test innings he averaged 85 (including that 150*). And then they dropped him.

I guess they thought he wasn't the man for a West Indies series - and they replaced him with Damien Martyn or Steve Waugh.

MN5

@Chris-B said in RIP Dean Jones:

@MN5 said in RIP Dean Jones:

@shark said in RIP Dean Jones:

Jones was pretty much done by the time I started following cricket around 1991/92, but I was certainly aware of his stature in the game. As others have said, he helped revolutionize the ODI format, but he also played some notable test innings.

Yeah good point. Sure, 10 years later Oz had class batsmen coming out of their ears but I note he finished test cricket in 1992. Surely he had years left in him ?

Just had a look at the end of his test career and his dropping was slightly odd timing.

He had a definite lean patch, starting with a 1990 test against us and ending with a 150* vs India. Averaged 26 over quite a few test innings.

They then took him to Sri Lanka and he was like a pig in shit - his last 7 test innings he averaged 85 (including that 150*). And then they dropped him.

I guess they thought he wasn't the man for a West Indies series - and they replaced him with Damien Martyn or Steve Waugh.

Justin Langer emerged and batted at three as well from memory. Plus the fatties he didn’t like running with were still in and around the team too.

Rancid Schnitzel

@MN5 said in RIP Dean Jones:

@shark said in RIP Dean Jones:

Jones was pretty much done by the time I started following cricket around 1991/92, but I was certainly aware of his stature in the game. As others have said, he helped revolutionize the ODI format, but he also played some notable test innings.

Yeah good point. Sure, 10 years later Oz had class batsmen coming out of their ears but I note he finished test cricket in 1992. Surely he had years left in him ?

I recall it was a bit controversial given his excellent record against the Windies. I think I read he was a very outspoken and abbrasive fella and only a slight dip in form was enough to get him axed.

He was an absolute super star in Aus in the late 80s. Recall the Deano shirts. Him and Marsh were an excellent combo in one dayers for a long time.

MN5

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RIP Dean Jones:

@MN5 said in RIP Dean Jones:

@shark said in RIP Dean Jones:

Jones was pretty much done by the time I started following cricket around 1991/92, but I was certainly aware of his stature in the game. As others have said, he helped revolutionize the ODI format, but he also played some notable test innings.

Yeah good point. Sure, 10 years later Oz had class batsmen coming out of their ears but I note he finished test cricket in 1992. Surely he had years left in him ?

I recall it was a bit controversial given his excellent record against the Windies. I think I read he was a very outspoken and abbrasive fella and only a slight dip in form was enough to get him axed.

He was an absolute super star in Aus in the late 80s. Recall the Deano shirts. Him and Marsh were an excellent combo in one dayers for a long time.

I’d imagine telling a stalwart like Boonie to cut drinking so much and run a bit more would have gone down like a bucket of cold chunder as well

ACT Crusader

@MN5 said in RIP Dean Jones:

@Chris-B said in RIP Dean Jones:

@MN5 said in RIP Dean Jones:

@shark said in RIP Dean Jones:

Jones was pretty much done by the time I started following cricket around 1991/92, but I was certainly aware of his stature in the game. As others have said, he helped revolutionize the ODI format, but he also played some notable test innings.

Yeah good point. Sure, 10 years later Oz had class batsmen coming out of their ears but I note he finished test cricket in 1992. Surely he had years left in him ?

Just had a look at the end of his test career and his dropping was slightly odd timing.

He had a definite lean patch, starting with a 1990 test against us and ending with a 150* vs India. Averaged 26 over quite a few test innings.

They then took him to Sri Lanka and he was like a pig in shit - his last 7 test innings he averaged 85 (including that 150*). And then they dropped him.

I guess they thought he wasn't the man for a West Indies series - and they replaced him with Damien Martyn or Steve Waugh.

Justin Langer emerged and batted at three as well from memory. Plus the fatties he didn’t like running with were still in and around the team too.

It was totally unexpected his dropping given what he had been doing. But the OZ selectors were wanting Damian Martyn’s place in the test side solidified and Jones was the causality.