How good is Simon Jones

[grant28]

he's pretty consistent, is brilliant with the old ball eg reverse swing and can take the new ball aswell. we saw a glimpse of his best in 3rd and 4th ashes 2005 test matches. depending on how he does for glamorgan, i think he should start the test series against west indies

 

[Richard]

Richard do you even watch cricket? To look at scorecards to decide whether he actually bowled well or not is ludicrous. Despite taking 2/69 at Edgbaston he was quite brilliant for the large part and the quality of his bowling wasnt reflected in his bowling figures.

He may have bowled well in spells in that Edgbaston game but he also had spells where he bowled nonsense. Overall, not an especially outstanding game and certainly nowhere near as good as the next 2.

Further more, Simon Jones, has always possessed an excellent control of the old ball and had you actually paid closer attention to those games, you would have noticed that almost always he had a very poor new ball spell before he came back and was right on the button with the old ball. He has a problem controlling the new ball, and its something that he has gone on to mention himself in interviews.

That's nonsense, there have been plenty of times he's barely even bowled with an especially new ball, and where he's bowled inaccurately with an older one too.

Yes, there have been more than a few times where what you mention has happened too.

 

[dcnstntn]

I rate S Jones very highly. When he first came in to the side I had my doubts, but he went away worked on things came back and was very accurate at pace. I can remember during the triumphant Ashes, Benaud never stopped praising him.

I am always excited when he has the ball in his hand. If he keeps up his approach I think he can be one of the world's top bowlers, as well as England's spearhead. Loads of potential.