Why not, the series is won and England might as well get some return for the cost of taking Jones out there. No-one is saying Read isn't number 1 but England need to test the waters and fine a solid number two, at least this way if Read is ruled out through injury for some reason then they will have this inngs to say oh yeah Jones did really well in that match he can cover, not oh we have no other keeper with international experiance who do we pick that might be able to do the job. Also with the One-Day series comming up England might be looking at Jones for that.
And at the end of the day a Keeper is still required to contribute to a total and at the momment 162 runs from 11 inngs (inculding Bang etc) isn't a glowing report even players like Giles a bowler who can bat has out scored him, quite considerably at that too.
I know a keepers job is to keep first but what alot of people have been saying is that Read is the better keeper, that's not a problem but everyone has assumed that Jones is really rubbish with the gloves as a result of all this, He Is Not! he was the leading dissmissals keeper in the country last season he took well over 60 catches hardly a bad record, yes Read has the better hands at the momment but Jones is no liablity behind the stumps, his not a batsman who is a part-time keeper like Dravid, Trescothick, Langer, Maher etc he is a Keeper that can bat.
At the end of the day who has actually seen Jones keep anyway to assume he is such a bad choice and can't do just as good job as Read and with his batting that would make him a better choice.
Also everyone complains about to much cricket, so when they rest Read to give him a break there is uproar about it.
However Michael Vaughan has admitted that Jones is now the number 1 keeper for England with the following quote.
"Geraint Jones is a very, very impressive character," said skipper Michael Vaughan.
"In the tour match in Barbados, he was head and shoulders above all the batters except Graham Thorpe."
"I think eight games of cricket is quite a lot and we've given Chris a long run in the team.
"Geraint Jones will get exactly the same opportunity - he'll get a good stint and start against New Zealand in May."
So all the best to Jonesy and when he hits 100 on debut and leads England to victory I will remember all of these comments
