Evelyn Jones (born 8 August 1992) is an English

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er who currently plays for

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

and

Manchester Originals Manchester Originals are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Manchester. The team represents the historic county of Lancashire in the newly founded The Hundred competition, beginning in the 2021 season, and playing at Old ...

. She plays primarily as a left-handed

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, as well as

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left-arm

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. She has previously played for

Shropshire Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...

and

Central Sparks Central Sparks were a women's cricket team that represented the West Midlands region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They primarily played their home matches at Edgbaston and New Road. They were captained by E ...

, as well as for

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and

Lancashire Thunder Lancashire Thunder is an English women's Twenty20 cricket team based in Manchester, Lancashire that competed in England's women's Twenty20 competition, the Women's Cricket Super League. Thunder played their home matches at Old Trafford and variou ...

in the

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, New Zealand side

Canterbury Magicians The Canterbury Magicians is the women's representative cricket team for the New Zealand region of Canterbury. They play their home games at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. They compete in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day competition and the ...

and Women's Big Bash League team

Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Renegades are an Australian professional men's Twenty20 franchise cricket club based in Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. They compete in the Australian Twenty20 cricket competit ...

. At the end of the 2021 season, Jones was voted the

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for her performances that year.

Early life

Jones was born on 8 August 1992 in

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...

. She has an ECB Level 3 coaching qualification, and has worked as a tutor.

Domestic career

County cricket

Jones made her county debut in 2008, for

against

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. Whilst her team lost the match, she top-scored for her side, scoring 50. Jones quickly became one of Shropshire's most successful players, and was their leading run-scorer in both their

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and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

County Championship seasons. She also achieved her best

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bowling figures in 2011, taking 6/29 against

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. Jones moved to

ahead of the 2012 season. She was again successful at her new club, ending the

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Championship seasons as Staffordshire's leading run-scorer. In 2015, she achieved her best List A score of 115 *, and was the second leading run-scorer across the whole Championship. She was also

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of the side for the 2016 season. In 2017, Jones moved to

, and was part of the side that won the double of the

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and

Twenty20 Cup The T20 Blast, officially known as the Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales. The competition was established by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003. T20 Blast is ...

that season. Jones hit 35 * in their crucial victory that secured the Championship title over

. She became captain of the side the following season, and in 2019 lead them to 2nd in the

. In 2020, it was announced that Jones had signed for

. She scored 135 runs for the side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, including a high score of 66 made against

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...

. She played four matches for the side in the

2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup The 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 Vitality Women's County T20, was the 13th edition of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, an English women's cricket Women's Twenty20, Twenty20 domestic competition. It took place in ...

, scoring 137 runs at an average of 45.66. In a match against

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, Jones made her Twenty20 high score, 93 * from 60 deliveries.

Regional cricket

Jones played in the

, in 2016 for

and from 2017 to 2019 for

. Her best innings came in a 2018 match against

Southern Vipers The Southern Vipers were a women's cricket team that represented the South of England. The Vipers wore an orange and black kit and primarily played their home matches at the Rose Bowl and the County Ground, Hove. They were coached by former ...

, in which she scored 69 in a 4 run victory. In 2020, she joined

for the

2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy The 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was the first edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, an English women's cricket domestic competition, which took place between 29 August and 27 September 2020. It featured eight teams in two groups, and ...

, and was named as captain. She was her side's top run-scorer in the competition (and fourth across all teams), scoring 334 runs at an average of 66.80. She also equalled her List A career high score, scoring 115 * in Sparks' final group game, against

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. In 2021, Jones captained Sparks to the knockout stages of the

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was an English and Welsh women's cricket domestic competition, named after former England captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint, who died in 2017. The Trophy was held from 2020 to 2024, and was the premier women's 50-ov ...

. She was also the third-highest run-scorer in the competition, with 299 runs including two half-centuries and one century, 100 * made against

North West Thunder North West Thunder, commonly referred to as Thunder, were a women's cricket team that represented Lancashire and North West England, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They played their home matches at various groun ...

. Jones was the leading run-scorer in the

Charlotte Edwards Cup The Charlotte Edwards Cup, initially named the Women's Regional T20, was an English and Welsh women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition, held annually from 2021 to 2024. The tournament was named after England's former captain and most capped ...

, with 276 runs including 3 half-centuries. She made her

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high score against

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, scoring 76 from 68 deliveries. Jones also played for

Birmingham Phoenix Birmingham Phoenix are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Birmingham. The team represents the historic counties of Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the newly founded The Hundred competition, which began its inaugural sea ...

in The Hundred, and was the fourth-highest run-scorer in the competition, with 233 runs including two half-centuries. At the end of the 2021 season, Jones was named as the first-ever PCA Women's Overall Domestic MVP for her performances in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Charlotte Edwards Cup and The Hundred, and was later voted the overall

. In 2022, she scored 213 runs in the

as she captained her side to the final, as well as scoring 224 runs in the

. Jones scored 91 in Sparks' defeat to

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in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She was also ever-present for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, scoring 99 runs in six matches. In 2023, she was the third-highest run-scorer in the

, with 440 runs at an average of 44.00, including four half-centuries. She was also again ever-present for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, scoring 83 runs. In 2024, she played 21 matches for Central Sparks, across the

and the

, and scored 483 runs for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, including two centuries. On 31 August 2024, it was announced that Jones had gone on loan to

for the remainder of the season.

Overseas cricket

Jones played one season for

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in 2017–18, with her best performance coming against

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, where she scored 81. In September 2021, Jones signed for the

for the

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. She played 12 matches for the side, scoring 236 runs at an average of 23.60, including making 62 from 46 deliveries in the side's victory over

Brisbane Heat The Brisbane Heat are an Australian professional franchise men's and women's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). The Heat are the successors of the Queensland Bulls who playe ...

. Ahead of the

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, Jones again signed for Melbourne Renegades, this time for the first two matches of the season as a replacement for

Harmanpreet Kaur Harmanpreet Kaur ( ; born 8 March 1989) is an Indian cricketer who captains the India women's national team in all formats. She plays as an all-rounder. In 2018, she became the first woman for India to score a century in a T20 International m ...

. This spell was later extended for a further two matches after Harmanpreet Kaur withdrew from the Big Bash, before Jones was replaced by

Chamari Athapaththu Atapattu Mudiyanselage Chamari Jayangani Kumari Athapaththu (born 9 February 1990, also known as Chamari Athapaththu) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and the current captain of the women's Twenty20 International team of Sri Lanka. Chamari was the ten ...

. Overall, in her four matches for the side, she scored 24 runs at an average of 6.00.

International career

In December 2021, Jones was named captain of England's A squad for their tour to Australia, with the matches being played alongside the

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. She played all six matches on the tour, making one half-century, 51 * in the 3rd T20.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Evelyn 1992 births Living people Cricketers from Shrewsbury Shropshire women cricketers Staffordshire women cricketers Lancashire women cricketers Warwickshire women cricketers Loughborough Lightning cricketers Lancashire Thunder cricketers Central Sparks cricketers Canterbury Magicians cricketers Birmingham Phoenix cricketers Melbourne Renegades (WBBL) cricketers English expatriate cricketers in Australia Manchester Originals cricketers North West Thunder cricketers 21st-century English sportswomen