Phil Jaques
Australia
Personal information
Full name	Philip Anthony Jaques
Nickname	Pro
Born	3 May 1979 (1979-05-03) (age 28)
	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Role	Batsman
Batting style	Left-hand
Bowling style	Left-arm medium
International information
Test debut (cap 395)	26 December 2005: v South Africa
Last Test	8 November 2007: v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 158)	20 January 2006: v South Africa
Last ODI	February 18, 2007:  v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000 -	New South Wales
	Worcestershire
	Northamptonshire
	Yorkshire
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs	FC	List A
Matches	3	6	112	120
Runs scored	196	125	10,591	4,689
Batting average	49.00	20.83	56.33	42.62
100s/50s	1/1	0/1	33/47	12/26
Top score	100	94	244	158*
Balls bowled	-	-	68	18
Wickets	-	-	-	-
Bowling average	-	-	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	-	-	-
Best bowling	-	-	-	-
Catches/stumpings	2/–	3/–	90/–	30/–
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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. He married the Australian women's soccer player Danielle Small in 2006. is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Wollongong is an industrial city located on the eastern coast of Australia in the state of New South Wales. ... NSW redirects here. ... The New South Wales Blues are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales. ... Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire. ...

Early career

Jaques commenced his cricketing career whilst a student at Nareena Hills Public School in Wollongong. A junior with the Wests team in Wollongong he moved onto the Sutherland club whilst still in high school to further his career. A last minute call up to the NSW team on 15 March 2001 for a match against Queensland saw him rush from Sydney to Brisbane where he arrived in time to debut at the unfamiliar number 10 position with the score at 70/8, up against a Queensland attack on a seaming green-top, he top scored with 40.

After struggling to establish himself for New South Wales thereafter, 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.

Eligibility

Jaques was born to English parents, Stuart & Mary, 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. Matthew Lawrence Hayden (born 29 October 1971 in Kingaroy, Queensland to Laurence and Moya Hayden) is an Australian and Queensland cricketer. ... Justin Lee Langer (born 21 November 1970 in Perth) is a former Australian cricketer, more specificially a left-handed batsman. ...

International Cricket

In 2005-06 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. The Pura Cup (formerly known as the Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first class cricket competition in Australia. ... The ING Cup is the current name of the domestic List A cricket (One-day/limited overs cricket) competition in Australia. ... Boxing Day is a public holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on 26 December. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Justin Lee Langer (born 21 November 1970 in Perth) is a former Australian cricketer, more specificially a left-handed batsman. ...

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.

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.

One year later, and following the retirement from international cricket of Justin Langer, Jaques was called up to the Test squad for the home series against Sri Lanka. In the first test of that series, Jaques made his first international century Justin Lee Langer (born 21 November 1970 in Perth) is a former Australian cricketer, more specificially a left-handed batsman. ...

Jacques took full advantage of his opportunity to cement a permanent opening slot in the Australian side by scoring his maiden test century in the first test at the Gabba. Jacques was dropped on 68 and 90 but made the most of his life to notch up his first hundred at international level with a boundary off the first ball after a drinks break . His century came from 196 balls and included 14 fours. Amazingly, he took 34 deliveries to get off the mark. He was dismissed without adding to his score just seven balls later, stumped by Prasanna Jayawardene off Muttiah Muralitharan. One week later, Jaques consolidated his test spot by scoring another century in the second test at Bellerive. He was dismissed for 150 in this innings. Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene (born October 9, 1979 in Colombo, commonly known as Prasanna Jayawardene) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ... Muttiah Muralidaran[1] (born April 17, 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka), often referred to as Muttiah Muralitharan, or simply as Murali, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who was statistically rated as the greatest bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers Almanac. ... Bellerive is a village and a municipality of the Vully, situated in the district of Avenches, in the Canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. ...

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.

• Scored his maiden test century in his third test; the first test of the 2007/08 Australian summer against Sri Lanka.

• Jaques scored 150 in the following test at Bellerive, Hobart.

• Became the first Australian cricketer born in Wollongong to score a test match hundred.

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External links

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