Richard Alan Jones (born 6 November 1986) is an English

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er who plays

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most recently for

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

. Jones was educated at The Grange School (now Pedmore Technology College) in Stourbridge and

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

. He played for Worcestershire's Second XI as early as August 2004 (when he was 17) and appeared a number of times for them in 2005 and 2006. He was included on the England Under-19 tour to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2005–06. In late April 2007, after several matches in Worcestershire's pre-season warm-up games, he made his first-class debut against Loughborough UCCE at

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, taking four wickets in the match. Jones signed a loan deal with

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 ...

on 22 August 2013 for the last few weeks of the season. He was signed as cover for injured

Chris Wright (cricketer) Christopher Julian Clement Wright (born 14 July 1985) is an English cricketer. During his school years, he was a regular in Hampshire's youth teams, and played for the Liphook and Ripsley Cricket Club. Wright made his first-class debut for M ...

and Oliver Hannon-Dalby and also

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pair

Chris Woakes Christopher Roger Woakes (born 2 March 1989) is an English cricketer who plays internationally for England cricket team, England in all formats. In domestic cricket, he represents Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Warwickshire, and has played i ...

and Boyd Rankin. Unfortunately, Jones was injured in a net session without appearing for Warks. Jones was released from his Worcester contract on 12 November 2013 to join

in a one-year deal. Soon into his Warwickshire career, Jones was loaned out to

on a one-month deal from 13 June 2014. In his debut for Leicester he took an astonishing 5–34 in a

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game against

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.Jones debut five-for in Leics loss
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* 1986 births Living people English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Leicestershire cricketers Alumni of Loughborough University People educated at King Edward VI College, Stourbridge Cricketers from Stourbridge 21st-century English sportsmen {{england-cricket-bio-1980s-stub