PLAYER CAREER

Mel Jones

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Australia1997–2005

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	5	8	8	8	1998-08-06	2003-02-22
ODI	52	52	48	47	1997-02-07	2005-04-10

66Internationals

1,279Career runs

1Centuries

0Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 5
Innings: 8
Runs: 251
Average: 35.85
Strike rate: 45.71
Highest score: 131
Not outs: 1
100s: 1
50s: 1
Ducks: 0
4s: 37
6s: 0
Balls faced: 549

Bowling

Matches: 5
Innings: 1
Balls: 6
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 2
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 2.00
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 5
Innings: 10
Catches: 3
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 3
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 3
Dismissals / inns: 0.300
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 61
Innings: 54
Runs: 1,028
Average: 21.41
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 58
Not outs: 6
100s: 0
50s: 4
Ducks: 2
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 61
Innings: 2
Balls: 12
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 4
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 2.00
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 61
Innings: 61
Catches: 15
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 15
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 15
Dismissals / inns: 0.245
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

65 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2005-04-10	Australia v India	ODI	Australia won by 98 runs
2005-04-05	Australia v England	ODI	Australia won by 5 wickets
2005-04-03	Australia v India	ODI	No result
2005-03-30	Australia v Sri Lanka	ODI	Australia won by 8 wickets
2005-03-28	Australia v South Africa	ODI	Australia won by 97 runs
2005-03-26	Australia v West Indies	ODI	Australia won by 79 runs
2005-03-24	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 32 runs
2005-03-22	Australia v England	ODI	No result
2005-03-13	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 3 wickets
2005-03-12	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 7 runs
2005-03-10	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 87 runs
2004-12-28	Australia v India	ODI	India won by 88 runs

Australia

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

1998163 runs
200388 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19980 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2003	2	4	88	58	22.00	33.46	0	1	13	0	263	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1998	3	4	163	131	54.33	56.99	1	0	24	0	286	1	0	N/A	2.00	N/A

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

1997158 runs
199882 runs
199950 runs
2002157 runs
2003104 runs
2004263 runs
2005152 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19970 wickets
19990 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2005	9	9	152	55	19.00	55.47	1	19	0	274	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2004	12	12	263	57	23.90	62.61	2	21	3	420	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2003	6	6	104	37	20.80	49.28	0	12	0	211	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2002	6	6	157	47	31.40	62.05	0	9	1	253	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1999	5	5	50	16	10.00	57.47	0	3	0	87	1	N/A	2.00	N/A
1998	3	3	82	58	41.00	89.13	1	6	0	92	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1997	11	11	158	37	15.80	—	0	—	—	—	1	N/A	2.00	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1997-02-07
First available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Melbourne
1998-08-06
Highest recorded innings · 131 runs
Test v England · Guildford
2005-04-10
Latest available scorecard
ODI v India · Centurion