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    @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.

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    @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.

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    @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.

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    @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

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    @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.

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    RIP Dean Jones at the young age of 59.

    I am sure his batting stats against us were pretty healthy

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    Stuff

    Onya Paddles, this is great stuff and worth reading....

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    Phenomenal player, absolutely hated him.

    Thats the ultimate compliment from a Kiwi cricket fan, surely.

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    @MajorRage said in RIP Dean Jones:

    Phenomenal player, absolutely hated him.

    Thats the ultimate compliment from a Kiwi cricket fan, surely.

    Couldn't wait to see the back of him when he played us

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    Batting above his average if that pic is anything to go by. If the story is true makes him a prick again IMO (you will actually have to read it).

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12368549

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    @Snowy said in RIP Dean Jones:

    Batting above his average if that pic is anything to go by. If the story is true makes him a prick again IMO (you will actually have to read it).

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12368549

    I always love the irony of these types headlines loudly mentioning a ‘secret’ affair

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    Feel sorry for the son, at least it seems he had a good relationship with his dad.

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