Sad news out of India tonight.
Aussie cricket great Dean Jones has died of a heart attack in Mumbai.
Rest in peace.
Dean Jones gooooooone
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Carter's Choice
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One of the best ODI batsman I've ever seen live. I remember as a teenager watching that incident with Curtley Ambrose and the sweat band and thinking this was some of the best cricket I've ever seen. Vale Dean Jones.
There’s an app for that, figuratively speaking. (Ta, ASMO!).
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Shit! 
Great batsman, just loved his attacking style. RIP.
Great batsman, just loved his attacking style. RIP.
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Grew up watching him...
Terrible news
Terrible news
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Sad news. Isn't there a story that he made a double hundred in India while suffering from severe dehydration
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Shit, rip.
And love to Brett Lee who must be traumatised.
And love to Brett Lee who must be traumatised.
Yep. Great story.And 1 guest wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:58 am Sad news. Isn't there a story that he made a double hundred in India while suffering from severe dehydration
My first memory of him was the 89 Ashes when every prick made runs against us, so he was slightly overshadowed by the likes of Steve Waugh...but a class player, and to go at 59, very sad news.Border won the toss and in extremely hot conditions chose to bat. Jones and David Boon gave Australia a strong start and they reached 211 for 2 at stumps on the first day, with Jones on 56.I was very nervous. We put so much pressure on players and say you haven't made it unless you've made a hundred for Australia.I didn't drink water overnight. One hour into day two I knew I was in trouble. I didn't drink anything apart from a cup of tea or coffee. We didn't know anything about dehydration and rehydration back then. Then I just batted from memory basically. I can't remember much from 120 on. I know nearly every shot in every innings I played.
I can't remember a thing after 120 in that innings.Jones struggled to control his bodily functions in the extreme heat, urinating involuntarily and vomiting, and he went to tea on 202 not out. He didn't want to return to the crease, but was taunted by Border that if he wasn't up to the job "we'll get a Queenslander out here", meaning the next man, Greg Ritchie. (Jones is a Victorian.)I didn't want to come out after tea. I was 202 and I was just gone. Simmo and AB just pushed me out and said, "You're batting." When you're urinating in your pants and vomiting 15 times, you've got massive problems. It wouldn't happen now because of litigious players and workplace safety. Should we be playing in 42 degrees? We go off for rain but we don't go off when it's 42.When he was eventually dismissed for 210, Jones was rushed to hospital and put on a saline drip.