JONES’ BID FOR MORE GAME TIME

IF EVERYTHING goes to plan for Mike Jones this October, he will be flying out to India to face off against some of his Durham teammates in the T20 World Cup.
For the 23-year-old top-order batsman, this international journey all began with a letter.
Having grown up in west Lancashire as a football-mad Liverpool supporter – who ironically was once part of the Everton academy – Jones’ ancestral roots might have been a mystery to most.
But all of his mother’s side of the family are from north of the border so Jones and his father got in touch with Scottish cricke...