Keith Jones

Alan Keith Colin Jones (born 20 April 1951) is an English former cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire, and was educated at Solihull School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

Keith Jones made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Scotland at Edgbaston in 1969. His next first-class appearance came during his university studies for Oxford University against Warwickshire. He made 28 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came in The University Match of 1973 against Cambridge University at Lord's. He also made two first-class appearances for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team, against the touring Australians in 1972 and the touring New Zealanders in 1973. He scored a total of 153 runs in these matches, at an average of 38.25 and with a high score of 82, which came against Northamptonshire.

Following the end of his studies in 1973, Jones returned to Warwickshire, where he played a half a dozen matches for the county at the end of the 1973 season. He made three first-class appearances in the County Championship against Kent, Middlesex and Gloucestershire, as well as making three List A appearances in the John Player League against Surrey, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.