Kevin Jones (born 9 September 1986) is a former English professional

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er. Jones made one

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appearance for

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in 2005. He was born in

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in 1986.Kevin Jones

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. Retrieved 2022-08-10. Jones was a member of the Cricket Academy at Kent and represented the county at youth level.Miscellaneous matches played by Kevin Jones
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-31. He first played for Kent's Second XI in 2003
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-31. before making his only senior appearance in August 2005 against the touring Bangladesh A team.First-class matches played by Kevin Jones
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-31. Jones went on to play for Kent's Second XI and

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in the

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and Second XI Trophy until the end of the 2007 season, making 30 appearances in the Championship and 19 in the Trophy.Second Eleven Championship matches played by Kevin Jones
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-31. He played club cricket in the

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between 2003 and 2014, primarily for

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in Sittingbourne, although in the 2011 and 2012 seasons he played for Lorsdwood, scoring 43 runs from 20 balls on his debut for the side.Teams Kevin Jones played for
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-31. He was the league's Young Player of the Year in 2005 and has since gone on to play village cricket for

Rodmersham Rodmersham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swale in the north of the English county of Kent. It is just under south of Bapchild on the A2 road and south-east of the town of Sittingbourne. Rodmersham Green, which forms the bulk ...

.Littlebourne fall just short
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'', Maidstone edition, 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2022-08-10.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Kevin 1986 births English cricketers Living people Kent cricketers Cricketers from Gillingham, Kent