Nigel Geoffrey Jones is a New Zealand

New Zealanders

New Zealanders, colloquially known as Kiwis, are citizens of New Zealand. New Zealand is a multiethnic society, and home to people of many different national origins...

 born Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. Jones is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....

. Jones plays international cricket for Ireland. He was born on Timaru

Timaru

TimaruUrban AreaPopulation:27,200Extent:Former Timaru City CouncilTerritorial AuthorityName:Timaru District CouncilPopulation:42,867 Land area:2,736.54 km² Mayor:Janie AnnearWebsite:...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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Jones made his List-A debut for Ireland against Jamaica

Jamaica national cricket team

The Jamaica national cricket team is the representative first-class cricket team of Jamaica.-History:The team's history lasts back to 1895, when they played three matches against a touring side from England led by Slade Lucas, but because of the distance to the other cricketing countries, Jamaica...

 on their tour of the West Indies in 2010

Irish cricket team in the West Indies in 2010

The Ireland cricket team will the tour the West Indies in April 2010. They will play one One Day International against the West Indies. They will also play three Twenty20 matches against a West Indies XI and a single first-class match against Jamaica....

. He made his Twenty20

Twenty20

Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...

 debut when Ireland played Sri Lanka A

Sri Lanka A cricket team

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 in the 2010 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka

2010 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka

2010 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Sri Lanka is a tournament of Twenty20 cricket matches that will be held in Sri Lanka from 1 February to 4 February 2010. The four participating teams are Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland and Sri Lanka A. The matches will be played in Colombo.-Squads:-Points...

. Jones made his Twenty20 International

Twenty20 International

A Twenty20 International is a form of cricket which is played over 20 overs per side between two national cricket teams. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket...

 debut when Ireland played Afghanistan in the final of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played from February 9–13, 2010 in the United Arab Emirates and a part of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series...

. This is his only Twenty20 International to date.

Jones was a member of Ireland's 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One

2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One

The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One was a cricket tournament which took place in July 2010 in the Netherlands. It is a part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket.Division One, which is the...

 winning team. During the tournament, he made his One Day International debut which came against Kenya. He played 6 further One Day International's during the tournament. During the tour, he played a further 2 Twenty20's against a West Indies XI. A member of Ireland's squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20

2010 ICC World Twenty20

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, Jones did not feature in any of Ireland's matches during the tournament. He was also selected in Ireland's 15-man squad for the 2011 World Cup

2011 Cricket World Cup

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup...

, but did not play in the tournament.

External links

• Nigel Jones at Cricinfo
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• Nigel Jones at CricketArchive
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