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Hannah Violet Jones (born 21 July 1999) is an English cricketer who plays as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm off break and batting right-handed. She has played for Surrey, Surrey Stars and South East Stars. In 2022, it was announced that Jones was taking a break from cricket for the upcoming season, but was not formally retiring.

Early life

Jones was born on 21 July 1999 in Surrey. She is also a qualified cricket coach. She works as a personal trainer.

Domestic career

Jones made her county debut in 2012, for Surrey against Sussex. She hit her maiden county half-century a season later, scoring 50 against Hertfordshire. She was Surrey's second-highest wicket-taker in the 2016 Women's County Championship, with 13 wickets including two four-wicket hauls. She became captain of Surrey during the 2018 season, and captained them to their first London Cup victory over Middlesex in 2020. She played six matches for the side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking six wickets at an average of 17.33.

Jones also played for Surrey Stars in the Women's Cricket Super League between 2017 and 2019. She played eight matches across the three seasons, including the semi-final in 2017. She only bowled in one match, however, taking 2/24 from two overs against Lancashire Thunder in 2019.

In 2020, Jones played for South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches, scoring 74 runs and taking 7 wickets at an average of 33.14. In 2021, Jones was named in the squads for South East Stars and London Spirit, but did not play due to injury.

In March 2022, it was announced that Jones was stepping away from cricket for the upcoming season in order to focus on her career as a personal trainer, although she was not formally retiring.

References

1. "Player Profile: Hannah Jones". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
2. ^ "Player Profile: Hannah Jones". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
3. ^ "AYLISH CRANSTONE NAMED NEW SURREY WOMEN CAPTAIN". Kia Oval. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
4. "Surrey Star becomes one of the youngest female coaches in UK!". Surrey Cricket Foundation. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
5. "Surrey Women v Sussex Women, 30 July 2012". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
6. "Hertfordshire Women v Surrey Women, 22 July 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
7. "Bowling for Surrey Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
8. "Women's List A Matches played by Hannah Jones". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
9. "Hannah Jones". Surrey Cricket. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
10. "Surrey beat Middlesex to win London Cup as women's cricket returns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
11. "Bowling for Surrey Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
12. "Lancashire Thunder v Surrey Stars, 28 August 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
13. "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Hannah Jones". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
14. "Bowling for South East Stars/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
15. "Hannah Jones Pulls Out of The Hundred". The Kia Oval. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

External links

• Hannah Jones at ESPNcricinfo
• Hannah Jones at CricketArchive (subscription required)

• 1999 births
• Living people
• Surrey women cricketers
• Surrey Stars cricketers
• South East Stars cricketers
• Cricketers from Surrey
• 21st-century English sportswomen