Philip Steffan Jones (born 9 February 1974) is a former professional cricketer who played for
Somerset
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Northamptonshire
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and
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
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s. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler. He is now a teacher and occasionally a bowling coach.
Born in
Llanelli
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Carmarthenshire
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, Jones attended
Ysgol y Strade
Ysgol Gyfun y Strade () is a Welsh medium secondary school and sixth form in the town of Llanelli, Wales. It opened in September 1977 as a comprehensive school for boys and girls. As of 2020, there were 1,177 pupils enrolled at the school.
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in Llanelli,
Loughborough University
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and
Homerton College, Cambridge
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. He played for
Cambridge University
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in 1997 and took 9–148 in the Varsity match that season. He made his first-class debut for
Somerset
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later that season and spent seven years with them before having two unsuccessful seasons with
Northamptonshire
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in 2004 and 2005. Playing for
Derbyshire
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in 2006 Jones had much more success taking 59 wickets including a career best 6–25 against
Glamorgan
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. He returned to Somerset for the 2007 season.
Although primarily a bowler he was also a useful lower-order batsman, with two first-class centuries to his name, both while playing for Somerset, scoring 105 against the New Zealanders in 1999, as well as 110 not out against
Leicestershire
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in April 2007.
Jones joined
Kent
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on loan for one month at the start of the 2009 season, subsequently returning to Somerset and then spending the end of the season with Derbyshire. After impressing by taking 30 wickets and scoring two half-centuries, he signed a two-year contract to remain with Derbyshire until 2011, taking on a coaching role in addition to his playing duties. He retired from cricket at the end of the 2011 season to take up a post at
Wellington School, Somerset
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, where he is the head of Sports Performance and Wellbeing.
In March 2022, Steffan was contracted by
Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals (often abbreviated as RR) are a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises, the team is based at the Sawai Ma ...
as their high performance fast bowling coach for the
2022 Indian Premier League
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season. He previously been the side's fast bowling coach in 2019.
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1974 births
Living people
Cricketers from Llanelli
People educated at Ysgol y Strade
Alumni of Loughborough University
Alumni of Homerton College, Cambridge
Somerset cricketers
Derbyshire cricketers
Northamptonshire cricketers
Cambridge University cricketers
Welsh cricketers
Dorset cricketers
Wales National County cricketers
Kent cricketers
British Universities cricketers