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As well as being an outstanding Test batsman, Dean Jones was recognised
as the first master batsman in One Day Internationals, regularly
steering an Australian innings from number three in the order. He was
also the man who introduced white lipstick to the Test field and mascara
to the floodlit international, where he argued it helped keep the sweat
from his eyes. His theories did not always endear him to the
authorities and he was omitted from the Australian team when he still
had a lot to offer. Jones, who once lived in a flat above a chip shop
while playing in the Leeds League in Yorkshire, made his Test debut in
Trinidad in 1983-84, when he scored 48, but missed out on the 1985 tour
of England and did not return until the tour of India in 1986-87, when
he scored 210 in the tied Test in Madras.
He ended the innings with heat
stroke, having been sick several times on the field, and had to be
taken to hospital. Against England in 1986-87 he made 93 in Adelaide and
184 not out in Sydney, also 216 against West Indies in Adelaide in
1988-89. He scored 157 at Edgbaston and 122 at the Oval in 1989 and 150
not out against India in Perth in 1991-92. He made 116 and 121 not out
against Pakistan in Adelaide and scored 100 not out against Sri Lanka at
the Khetterama Stadium in Colombo. He played in Australia's World Cup
winning side in the sub-continent in 1987, although his best score was
33 against India. In the 1992 World Cup he made 90 in Brisbane against
India. He only just missed out on selection for the World Cup team in
1996. (Bob Harragan)
Dean died on Wednesday 24h. September 2020 aged 59. He was in Mumbai covering the Indian Premier League for the T.V. station Star Sports.
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