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Former Australia cricketer Dean Jones dies

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Commentator and former Australia cricketer Dean Jones died of a stroke today in Mumbai at the age of 59.
Jones was in Mumbai as part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) broadcast set-up, and was learnt to be absolutely fine before he suffered a sudden collapse.
Dean Jones was one of the great ambassadors of the game associating himself with Cricket development across South Asia. He was passionate about discovering new talent and nurturing young Cricketers. He was a champion commentator whose presence and presentation of the game always brought joy to millions of fans. He will be sorely missed by everyone at Star and his millions of fans across the globe.
Dean Jones played 52 Tests and 164 ODIs for Australia during an international career which spanned 8 years between 1984 and 1992. He scored 3631 runs in red-ball cricket at an average of 46.55 with 11 hundreds and 14 half-centuries.
In one-day internationals he amassed 6068 runs at 44.61 with 7 hundreds and 46 fifties.
Popularly known as "Professor Deano", the Victorian was famous for his attacking batting style as a top-order batsman in one-day internationals. Jones played 245 first-class matches in which he amassed a total of 19,188 runs at an average of 51.85 with 55 centuries and 88 half-centuries.

 


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  • FF Thursday, 24 September 2020 09:07 PM

    RIP GREAT CRICKETER

    chris Thursday, 24 September 2020 09:24 PM

    RIP Deano.A great cricketer and commentator.

    Anura Nanayakkara Friday, 25 September 2020 08:52 AM

    Great gentleman Cricketer, with a great love for the game. Solid attacking Batsman who was game enough to face any bowling attack!! RIP

    Migara Perera Friday, 25 September 2020 09:04 AM

    Deano, RIP. A great cricketer and commentator


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