Will Jones

Squad Number - 25

Player Sponsor - TBC for 2012

Born - Perth, Australia, 26th March 1990

Joined - 2011

Role - Right Hand Batsman

Family - Father played a few games for Leicestershire 2nd XI

Teams Represented - Leicestershire 2nd XI and Hertfordshire CCC

Honours -

Highlights of career - Making first Second XI century against Lancashire and playing against Pakistan

Players admired - Sachin Tendulkar, Andrew Strauss and Mike Atherton

Relaxations - TV, reading and golf

Will Jones is a talented young opening batsman who signed a summer contract with Leicestershire CCC at the end of the 2010 season. The youngster made both his first-class and List A debut in 2011.

Jones is currently studying at Cardiff University and in the MCCU programme. He trialled for Leicestershire CCC in 2010 after playing in the 2009 Minor Counties Championship for Hertfordshire.

The opener averaged 53 in the Second XI trophy in 2010 and went to the Global Cricket Academy in Pune, India with fellow opener Greg Smith in January 2011.

Jones gained plenty from that experience and his best innings in 2011 came against Sussex at Stirlands CC. The opener made 159 as part of an impressive victory.

Will Jones' career record at Leicestershire:

WS Jones 2011 (92.79 kB)

* Many thanks to Chris Nash for providing the profile picture.