Phil Jaques
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| Batting style | Left hand bat | |
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| Bowling type | Left arm medium | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 2 | 6 |
| Runs scored | 96 | 125 |
| Batting average | 32.00 | 20.83 |
| 100s/50s | -/1 | -/1 |
| Top score | 66 | 94 |
| Balls bowled | - | - |
| Wickets | - | - |
| Bowling average | - | - |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a |
| Best bowling | - | - |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/- | 3/- |
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As of February 18, 2007 |
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Philip Anthony "Phil" Jaques (born May 3, 1979 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who has played first-class cricket for New South Wales, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire and Worcestershire.
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[edit] Early career
After struggling to establish himself for New South Wales early in his first-class career, Jaques transformed his career with Northamptonshire in 2003. He was prolific, hitting over 1200 runs including a triple century and returned to NSW an established member of the Pura Cup Champions. 2003/04 saw the consolidation of Jaques English form in Australia as he built a reputation of being a player who could score quickly but also occupy the crease for many hours. After returning to Yorkshire [1359 runs in 2005 and 1118 in 2004] and maintaining such a consistent standard with New South Wales [1191 runs in 2004-05], many were calling for his promotion to the National team.
[edit] Eligibility
Jaques was born to English parents and is a holder of a British passport. This made him eligible to play for both England and Australia. With Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer established at the top of the Australian batting line up, Jaques himself did not rule out qualifying to become an English player. However, his desire to play for Australia proved too strong and his record breaking form in 2004-05 put him on the verge of an Australian call up.
[edit] International Call up
In 2004-05 a timely century in the Pura Cup followed three consecutive centuries in the ING Cup for New South Wales, and Jaques was selected for the Australian squad for the 2nd Test against South Africa starting on Boxing Day, 2005 in Melbourne after regular opener Justin Langer pulled a hamstring in the previous match. He was unable to capitalise however, making only 2 and 28. Jaques was given another chance making 66 in his second Test against Bangladesh in April 2006 after Langer was ruled out with concussion sustained in an earlier Test.
Making his One-Day International debut for Australia against South Africa, Jaques made 94, falling six runs short of his maiden century. His innings broke a 23-year-old record of the highest score on debut for Australia in a One-Day International.
[edit] 2006-07 Ashes
In November 2006, Jaques scored successive centuries in three days against England, in the warm up to the 2006 Ashes series in Australia. His first, playing for a Prime Minister's XI, was an impressive 112. His second was 107, playing for New South Wales. However the selectors stuck with regular openers Hayden and Langer and Jaques was forced to bide his time with NSW. With the retirement of Langer after the final Ashes test the door is ajar for Jaques to make himself a permanent fixture in the Australian team.
[edit] Records and Achievements
- Jaques won the 05/06 Australian Domestic Cricketer of the Year, at the 2006 Allan Border Medal Ceremony.
- In February 2007, Jaques came within a few runs of beating Victor Trumper's Sydney Grade Cricket record score compiling 321 for Sutherland against North Sydney in less than 6 hours.
- He has scored 8 first class double hundreds.[1]
