Dean Jones played 52 tests and 164 ODI for Australia.© AFP
Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones died in Mumbai on Thursday after suffering a heart attack. He was 59 years old. Jones was in Mumbai as a 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) commentator. It is understood that Brett Lee, his fellow commentator, attempted to give him CPR but without success. On Thursday morning, Jones had breakfast with Lee and another commentator, Nikhil Chopra.
Jones suffered a massive heart attack in the lobby of the hotel where he was staying during comment season. “It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Mr. Dean Mervyn Jones AM. He died of sudden cardiac arrest,” Star India, who hosts the IPL broadcast through Star Sports, said in a statement. .
We express our condolences to his family and are ready to support them at this difficult time. We are in contact with the Australian High Commission to make the necessary arrangements.
“He was a champion commentator whose presence and presentation of the game always brought joy to millions of fans. Everyone at Star and his millions of fans around the world will deeply miss him.”
Jones played 52 Tests for Australia and scored 3,631 runs averaging 46.55 over 11 centuries.
Made famous a double century against India in the tied test of 1986.
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Jones also played 164 ODI and scored 6,068 runs at 44.61 with seven centuries.
He made his Test and ODI debut in 1984 and played his last international game in 1994.
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