OUR DEANO STOOD FOR NO NONSENSE

Richard Edwards chats to Phil DeFreitas about the effect that Australian legend Dean Jones had on his Derbyshire side

Phil DeFreitas takes a deep breath, before telling The Cricket Paper that he has been hit hard by the death of his great mate, and a man who, for an all-too-brief period, transformed the fortunes of Derbyshire in first class cricket.
Dean Jones died in a Mumbai hotel in September, suffering a heart attack shortly before taking on commentary duties for this autumn’s Indian Premier League in the UAE.
His untimely passing, at the age of just 59, was felt acr...

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