Geraint Jones

Geraint Owen Jones MBE is a former Papua New Guineanborn, Australianraised English cricketer of Welsh descent. Until August 2006 he was the firstchoice wicketkeeper for England in both Test and Oneday cricket, but fell behind Chris Read, Paul Nixon, Matt Prior and Tim Ambrose. He also played international cricket for Papua New Guinea. He announced his retirement from firstclass cricket onJuly 2015 following his resignation as the Firstclass cricket captain of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Brentwood School, Essex announced onSeptember 2015 that he had joined their staff to replace the recently retired Brian Hardie as cricket coach.

Jones was born in Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea and moved to Australia with his parents, who were originally from Wales, soon after he was born. He grew up in Toowoomba and Brisbane, Queensland, played for the Queensland Colts team, and was awarded the wicketkeepers trophy for most dismissals in the Brisbane Grade Cricket competition in 199596 when he was 1920. His first club in England was Lydney CC in the Forest of Dean but he returned to live in Australia until he was 22. Upon his return to Britain he played for Clevedon CC where he met Jen, then a student at Aberystwyth University. The following season he joined Abergavenny CC, Wales and was later appointed captain. Whilst at Abergavenny he trained as a pharmacist. Geraint and Jen have two sons, Rhys and Thomas.

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