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Vale Dean Jones, still with so much to give – Sydney Morning Herald
Dean Jones answered to “Legend” from a young age and became one in Australian cricket.
It might also be that for a stretch of nearly two decades until Shane Warne arrived, Jones was the only significant Test cricketer produced by Victoria. As can be seen again now, in our federation, these things matter. When he was eased out of Test and one-day teams, he became the MCG’s martyr.
Jones himself was a kind of federated body. In one-day cricket, he broke new ground, namely a metre or so down the pitch, even to fast bowlers (and despite no helmet). The ultimate exposition of his ways…
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