Richard Jones (born 22 October 1973) is a

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He started well, captaining the New Zealand Under-19s cricket team in 1993/4. He went on to represent the full senior side in one

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and five

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s. Representing Auckland in a match against Wellington, he scored a century – the day before his wedding to Kelly Herbert. He was also the captain of the

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, and played for the North Harbour cricket team in the

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. In February 2001, he took a wicket with his one and only delivery in a

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match.

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* * 1973 births Living people Auckland cricketers New Zealand One Day International cricketers New Zealand Test cricketers New Zealand Youth One Day International captains New Zealand Youth Test captains New Zealand cricketers Wellington cricketers North Island cricketers {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1970s-stub

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