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MA Jones

India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter

MA Jones — 74 career matches, 1,729 runs and 0 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
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Bat Avg
26.2

Career stats overview

14 ODI · 60 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

14 matches

385
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

60 matches

1,344
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32
econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1
batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

38
career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33
vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102
outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams MA Jones has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Birmingham Bears

Matches
6
Runs
113

Northamptonshire

Matches
6
Runs
91

Nottinghamshire

Matches
6
Runs
113

Yorkshire

Matches
6
Runs
111

Leicestershire

Matches
5
Runs
62

Usa

Matches
5
Runs
111

Derbyshire

Matches
4
Runs
92

Ireland

Matches
4
Runs
270

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where MA Jones has turned out most often.

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

Matches
19
Runs
463

Old Trafford, Manchester

Matches
10
Runs
159

ICC Academy

Matches
6
Runs
215

County Ground

Matches
5
Runs
116

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
4
Runs
102

Headingley, Leeds

Matches
4
Runs
61

Bellerive Oval

Matches
3
Runs
110

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Matches
3
Runs
71

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.