Jason Adam Max Molins (born 4 December 1974) is an Irish former

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er. He played as a right-handed

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, with his career for the Irish national side spanning from 1995 to 2006, which included a spell as the captain of the team.

Early and personal life

Molins was born in

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, and is Jewish. His father is Rodney Molins. His brother,

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, and cousin,

Lara Molins Lara Molins Caplin (born Lara Deborah Molins; 28 March 1980) is an Irish cricketer who played at One Day International (ODI) level for the Irish national side between 1999 and 2001, including at the 2000 World Cup. Biography Born to a Jewish f ...

, also played for Ireland. He was initially educated in Ireland, and then finished his studies England. He attended secondary school Wesley College and Dublin High School. He studied for an economics degree at

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, and then completed his post-graduate diploma at the

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in 1997. Following this, he moved to London where he worked as a

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analyst for an

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following a number of other roles in the City including Corporate Finance. Molins married

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, a

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actress from

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, in 2009. In 2015 he relocated back to Ireland with his wife and two boys (Max and Brody), to start a career as an

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Analyst at

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. They now reside in Dublin with their three boys.

Cricket career

He debuted at first-class level for Ireland in 1998 and while studying at

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, received his Oxford

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in 1998, scoring a

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in the Varsity match at Lords. He participated in the 2001 and 2005

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tournaments, and aided them to that year's finals, where they lost against

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. He captained Ireland between 2001 and 2005, and was instrumental in the victories over

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(scoring 107 not out), Surrey (scoring 56), and the

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(scoring 66). He is Ireland's most successful captain, having captained Ireland on no fewer than 45 occasions, and has a win ratio of over 60%. Despite his prior role as captain, Molins was not selected for Ireland at the 2007 World Cup, and never played at

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(ODI) level. In 2008, he was named along with

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and

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to the Maccabi GB cricket team to represent the United Kingdom at the

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References

External links

Jason Molins interview with The Daily Telegraph

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Early and personal life

Cricket career

See also

References

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