Toby Roland-Jones

Toby Roland-Jones
Personal information
Full name Tobias Skelton Roland-Jones
Born (1988-01-29) 29 January 1988
Ashford, Middlesex, England
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
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
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 66 45 23
Runs scored 1,608 270 85
Batting average 21.72 15.88 14.16
100s/50s 1/5 0/0 0/0
Top score 103* 31* 30
Balls bowled 11,757 1,999 470
Wickets 248 74 21
Bowling average 24.70 24.16 34.04
5 wickets in innings 12 0 0
10 wickets in match 2 n/a n/a
Best bowling 6/50 4/42 4/25
Catches/stumpings 23/– 8/– 5/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 22 January 2016

Tobias Skelton Roland-Jones (known as Toby), (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.

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 (20072009).

After also creating an impression for Sunbury Cricket Club in the Surrey Premier League (20072010), he was invited to play for the Middlesex (20082010) 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.

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