Aaron Jones played an innings of 94 runs against Canada
Who is Aaron Jones: The first match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 was played between USA and Canada yesterday on June 1. Let us tell you that in this match, USA batsman Aaron Jones (Aaron Jones He has managed to grab the headlines by playing a stormy inning of 94* runs in 40 balls.
So, thanks to Jones’ innings, USA easily chased a strong total set by Canada and won the match by 7 wickets. During his innings of 94 runs, Jones scored a half-century in just 22 balls. Let us tell you that this is the fastest half-century scored by any American batsman in T20 cricket.
After playing this amazing innings, cricket fans are curious to know who Aaron Jones (Aaron Jones Who is the last one? So let’s try to answer this question of yours through this article and know five special things about him:
1. Made his domestic cricket debut for West Indies
The 29-year-old cricketer was born in New York in 1994. Jones’ parents are from Barbados. He made his first-class debut for Barbados in 2016. Apart from this, he has also played cricket together for the Barbados team with famous Caribbean cricketers Shay Hope and Jason Holder of the West Indies cricket team.
2. Moved to USA in 2018
Being born in the USA, he also had the opportunity to play for the USA national team, and to capitalize on this opportunity, Aaron Jones moved to the USA in 2018. Jones left the Barbados 50-over team in 2018 and decided to play for the USA. Jones’ decision has now proven right for him.
3. Played an important role in getting ODI status to USA
In the 2018-19 WCL Division Three season, Aaron Jones emerged as one of the key batsmen of the USA team. In that season, Jones scored 200 runs in five matches. After WCL Division Three, USA was successful in making it to Division 2. At the same time, after about 15 years, USA was successful in achieving ODI status. It is worth noting that USA last played the Champions Trophy in the year 2004.
4. He became the vice-captain of USA in the year 2021
Due to his consistent performance for the team and his ability to absorb pressure, Aaron Jones was made the vice-captain of the USA team for the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup American Qualifier. So after getting this role in the team, he is supporting captain Monank Patel not only in batting but also in leadership.
5. No buyer has been found yet in MLC 2024
Aaron Jones was part of the Seattle Orcas team, which was the runner-up in the 2023 Major League Cricket (MLC), but he did not get a chance to play a single match, after which the franchise released him. So he is expected to be selected in the player draft for MLC season 2 on June 16.