Toby Roland-Jones

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Toby Roland-Jones
Personal information
Full nameTobias Skelton Roland-Jones
Born (1988-01-29) 29 January 1988 (age 33)
Ashford, Surrey, England
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
BattingRight-hand
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 678)27 July 2017 v South Africa
Last Test7 September 2017 v West Indies
Only ODI (cap 247)29 May 2017 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.22
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–presentMiddlesex (squad no. 21)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 1 117 79
Runs scored 82 37 2,906 684
Batting average 20.50 – 21.84 21.37
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/11 0/1
Top score 25 37* 103* 65
Balls bowled 536 42 20,155 3,671
Wickets 17 1 416 126
Bowling average 19.64 34.00 25.53 25.24
5 wickets in innings 1 0 19 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 4 0
Best bowling 5/57 1/34 7/52 4/10
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 33/– 13/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 August 2021

Tobias Skelton Roland-Jones (born 29 January 1988) is an English cricketer. A medium-fast, right-arm bowler and a lower order right-handed batsman, Roland-Jones represents Middlesex in county cricket, and has represented England at Test and One Day International level.

Early life and career[]

Toby Roland-Jones represented the Middlesex colts in age group cricket throughout his childhood, initially as a right-handed batsman, before transforming into a promising right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was educated at Hampton School and The University of Leeds where he represented the Bradford/Leeds Universities Cricketing Centre of Excellence (2007–2009).

After also creating an impression for Sunbury Cricket Club in the Surrey Premier League (2007–2010), he was invited to play for the Middlesex (2008–2010) and Surrey 2nd XIs (2009). He joined Middlesex initially on a summer contract in 2010.

County career[]

Following a successful start to his county career, he signed a three-year contract in August 2010. He took 38 wickets in his first eight first-class matches at an average of 19.60 with a best bowling analysis of 5/41. On 23 September 2016, Roland-Jones took a hat-trick against Yorkshire to secure the County Championship for Middlesex for the first time in 23 years.[1] He was named one of the Wisden 2017's Cricketers of the year.[2]

In September 2017, Roland-Jones suffered a lower-back stress fracture whilst playing for Middlesex and was consequently unavailable for selection for the England winter tours to Australia and New Zealand. On his return to county cricket in April 2018, a recurrence of the injury was predicted to rule him out of the 2018 season.[3]

On 26 July 2019, in the 2019 t20 Blast match against Glamorgan, Roland-Jones took a hat-trick,[4] finishing with career-best figures of 5 for 21.[5]

International career[]

In July 2016 he was named in England's squad for their Test series against Pakistan.[6] However, he was dropped from the squad after Ben Stokes and James Anderson were recalled to the England squad for the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for England against South Africa on 29 May 2017.[7]

He made his Test debut for England against South Africa on 27 July 2017[8] and took five wickets in his first Test match, ripping through the South African top four and completing his maiden five-for by removing Temba Bavuma. He was the first Englishman to take a five-for on debut since Adil Rashid in 2015.[citation needed] Roland-Jones also showed that he is a capable lower order batsmen by adding 25 in the first innings (including four fours and one six) and 23 not out (two sixes) in the second innings.[citation needed]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Baldwin, Mark (23 September 2016). "Middlesex County Cricket Club - 2016 Champions". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ^ Stern, John (5 April 2017). "Wisden 2017's Cricketers of the Year".
  3. ^ Macpherson, Will (26 April 2018). "Roland-Jones misses rest of season with return of back injury". Evening Standard. London. p. 62.
  4. ^ "Toby Roland-Jones hat-trick, Stevie Eskinazi keep Glamorgan winless". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  5. ^ "T20 Blast: Glamorgan consider changes after Middlesex loss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Ballance, Roland-Jones named in England squad". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  7. ^ "South Africa tour of England, 3rd ODI: England v South Africa at Lord's, May 29, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  8. ^ "3rd Test, South Africa tour of England at London, Jul 27-Jul 31". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

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