RIP Dean Jones

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My favorite cricketer growing up and local to my community. He told a story at our club how he had a moment at our oval...he was getting pissed with mates one night and thought to myself...no..this is no good as he was starting to go off the rails. Made the choice there and then to take cricket seriously and give it his best shot. He then went on to call me Uncle Fester all night.....Im aging, short, fat and bald. Too funny.
 

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He had the coolness factor going on and always an excitement machine with the bat. I remember the stance and the run up to the ball. Bought his bio in the 90s when i was young. A true local sporting hero!
In the 90s Everyone wanted to be like Mike(b-ball) and if you watched cricket, like Deano! DJ!
They both had that swagger.
 
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kickazz said:
It really was symbolic of the whole situation with Deano. A world class player and the world knew it. But couldn't get a game for Australia due to pettiness of the Australian cricket powers that be.

Remember watching this game at the old Stork Hotel on Elizabeth Street with a uni mate. Had my first physics lecture that afternoon. My mate reminded me that this was uni and I didn't have to go. So we stayed and drunk piss and watched Deano. Great times.

I remember Deano was selected in the initial, bigger squad for the world cup. He hadn't been playing international games but his form for Victoria was at an all time high and he had runs on the board in the sub continent. Shame he didn't make the cut.
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Correct . I was at the game with a few school mates . We were about 5 rows back from where his 6 landed to bring his ton up.

Was a bizarre situation , the amazing thing was how the crowd swung when he came out to bat.
From that point everyone was on the World xi

He really was that type of character, couldn't help but absolutely admire how he took the game on .
 
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Listening to that interview with Boony, posted above, it was sad and hard not to get emotional listening to it

Deano was a great player, loved watching him play, outstanding bat and a great fielder

Gone too early unfortunately
 
The hands of stone said:
Correct . I was at the game with a few school mates . We were about 5 rows back from where his 6 landed to bring his ton up.

Was a bizarre situation , the amazing thing was how the crowd swung when he came out to bat.
From that point everyone was on the World xi

He really was that type of character, couldn't help but absolutely admire how he took the game on .
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Plugger35 said:
I don't remember that World X1 v Australia game but looking at the scorecard he scored 103 out of their total of 210 so without his score it would have been a rout.
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Scoring at the MCG could be hard back then. No ropes, think he only got 3 fours and one six.

Scores of 200 or even a little under were quite defendable.
 

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kickazz said:
For an indication of how much the MCG loved Deano, watch that video of the Aus v World game.

Without a doubt, Deano is the crowd's hero. When he finally goes out, caught no less than by Victorian Damien Fleming, playing for Australia, the whole crowd spontaneously boos.

Deano was our man.
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Similar to Kim Hughes here in WA, I remember when Hughes came on as 12th man in an ODI at the WACA after he got dropped from the Australian team back in the 80s and he got massive cheers just for running on to the field to bring on the drinks, more cheers than any Aussie player that was in the starting XI that day.

We were very parochial in WA back then, Ian Healy got booed here after he replaced Tim Zoehrer in the test team and Gilchrist copped a few boos too when he replaced Zoehrer in the WA team.

kickazz said:
Scoring at the MCG could be hard back then. No ropes, think he only got 3 fours and one six.

Scores of 200 or even a little under were quite defendable.
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The pitches back then weren't the flat roads they are now which makes it one way traffic for batsmen, there would still be plenty in it for the bowlers.

The fact that the rest of the World XI batting line up struggled to score runs on that pitch as well as the Aussie batsmen shows how good Dean Jones knock was.
 
RIP Deano, great player.

I'm gunna be a bit contrary here though - I wasn't surprised he was dropped from the Test side at least. There really were better options at the time.

His contribution to Australian Cricket was nevertheless huge.

Too soon.
 
gordo2016 said:
I remember that run out off the no ball against the Windies. Deano started to walk off but Border at the other end screamed at him to get back into his crease when he realised it was a no ball. Deano tried to run back to the crease but didn't make it. The umpire obviously didn't know the rule as to be given out run out you need to be attempting a run. Dean wasn't doing that, he was just walking back to the pavilion. Deano should have been allowed to bat on and was robbed that day.

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A decade later and I’m sure he would’ve continued to be picked in the ODI side after his Test axing. It was a different time and the selectors still didn’t fully understand one day cricket.
 
Lebbo73 said:
A decade later and I’m sure he would’ve continued to be picked in the ODI side after his Test axing. It was a different time and the selectors still didn’t fully understand one day cricket.
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If the selectors had taken note of the way the Sri Lankans played cricket the summer before the 96 World Cup Jones may very well have gone but the subsequent success of the team suggests they made the right decision regarding him.
 
ROOTA#6 said:
Better options at the time???
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Jones was harshly treated in being left out of the side for the 1992-93 West Indies series. He performed well in the previous series in Sri Lanka, a challenging series in which Australia had a fortunate 1-0 result.

The selectors persisted with Mark Waugh, who made four ducks in a row in Sri Lanka (as noted in previous posts), and gave a young Damien Martyn a run, perhaps a year or two too early. Steve Waugh, who had not played a Test for over a year, was recalled and shoe-horned into the number 3 position. He looked uncomfortable at first drop and his performances there were inconsistent.

Jones deserved more of an opportunity before he was axed from the Test side. His conflict with Bob Simpson was probably the main reason for his omission.
 

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