We take a look back at some of Dean Jones's best moments for Australia and another that didn't go as planned for the daring, dashing and charismatic batsman, who helped to revolutionise the way the game was played.
Dean Jones was a cricketer who revolutionised the art of batting.
Jones scored eight more runs before being bowled by Shivlal Yadav, and was promptly rushed to hospital to be put on a saline drip.It was a heroic effort that earned him the player of the match award, but years later Jones said he did not remember much after reaching 120. It's even better when it's your first century for Australia in an ODI, the form of the game you would end up being best known for.
It mattered not to Jones — he belted a second hundred in as many days, scoring 121 but Australia again fell just short as Pakistan chased down the target of 274 with just one ball to spare.In 1987 in India and Pakistan, Australia won its first men's ODI World Cup and Jones was first drop for the team, backing up openers David Boon and Geoff Marsh.
Never afraid to speak his mind, Jones thought he would try to get into the head of towering West Indian paceman Curtly Ambrose during a World Series Cup match at the SCG in 1993. "I had 11 West Indians and one Australian batsman sledging me, it was Mark Taylor. He's going to me, 'I've got two kids, what are you doing?'" Jones recalled.
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