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Stephen Jones (born 14 April 1955) is a former South African cricket player and coach. He played in 81 first-class and 35 List A matches for Boland and Western Province from 1974/75 to 1987/88.

Coaching career

Jones ended his playing career as a player-coach with Boland B. He later coached in Namibia before returning to South Africa where he coached Border. He was head coach of South Africa A for a tour of Zimbabwe in 1994, and also coached the national under-19 team on tours of England and India in the mid-1990s.

In 2003, Jones was appointed head cricket coach at Harrow School in England. In February 2004 he was also appointed head coach of the South Africa women's national cricket team. On a 2004 school tour of Sri Lanka, he and his students were caught up in the Boxing Day Tsunami while playing against a local school at Galle International Stadium. The players and spectators had to shelter on the roof of the stadium for several hours, with the stepfather of Spencer Crawley – one of the Harrow students – being killed.

Jones coached South Africa to the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup, which South Africa hosted. The team won only a single match and failed to secure automatic qualification for the next World Cup, leading Jones to publicly criticise Cricket South Africa for its lack of assistance for women's cricket.

References

1. "Stephen Jones". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
2. ^ "Coach of the Month: Steve Jones". PitchVision Sports Technology. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
3. Swift, Jon (23 September 1994). "From Captain To Coach For Kepler". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
4. ^ "Jones leads SA Women". BBC. 3 February 2004. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
5. "Narrow escape for SA cricket coach in Sri Lanka". 27 December 2004. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
6. "Williams steers West Indies home". ESPNcricinfo. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

External links

• Stephen Jones at ESPNcricinfo

v t e South Africa squad – 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup
1 Hodgkinson (c) 2 Benade 3 Brits 4 de Beer 5 Fritz 6 Kilowan 7 Logtenberg 8 Ndzundzu 9 Pillay 10 Reeves 11 Smith 12 Taai 13 C. Terblanche 14 M. Terblanche 15 van der Westhuizen Coach: Jones
Tamara Reeves withdrew from the squad due to injury; she was replaced by Susan Benade.

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