Toby Roland-Jones
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| Full name | Tobias Skelton Roland-Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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29 January 1988 Ashford, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All Rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–present | Middlesex (squad no. 21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 25 March 2010 Middlesex v Oxford MCCU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 25 April 2010 Middlesex v Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricket Archive, 4 December 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tobias Skelton "Toby" Roland-Jones (born 29 January 1988, Ashford, Middlesex, England) is an English cricketer. A medium-fast, right arm bowler and a lower order right handed batsman, Roland-Jones represents Middlesex in county cricket. In July 2016 he was named in England's squad for their Test series against Pakistan.[1] 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.
Youth 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 September 23 2016, Roland-Jones took a hat-trick against Yorkshire to secure the County Championship for Middlesex for the first time in 23 years.[2]
References
- ↑ "Ballance, Roland-Jones named in England squad". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/cricket/middlesex-win-county-championship-toby-11931181