Martin Jean-Jacques

Martin Jean-Jacques (born 2 July 1960) is a Dominican-born English cricketer. During his eight years in first-class cricket, he played for Derbyshire and Hampshire.

Cricket career Jean-Jacques was born in Dominica at Soufrière in July 1960, but immigrated to England as a child, where he attended Aylestone High School. He first played county cricket for Buckinghamshire at minor counties level, debuting against Berkshire at Amersham in the 1983 Minor Counties Championship. It was for Buckinghamshire that he made his debut in List A one-day cricket, against Lancashire in the 1984 NatWest Trophy, followed by a second appearance against Somerset in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. Following good performances at minor counties level, Jean-Jacques was signed by Derbyshire. On his first-class debut against Yorkshire at Sheffield in the 1986 County Championship, he batted at number eleven and made 73, sharing in a Derbyshire record-partnership for the tenth-wicket of 132 with Alan Hill, a record which remains as of . He also took his maiden first-class wicket in this match, that of Geoff Boycott. Three matches later against Kent, he took his career best innings bowling figures of 8 for 77 and took match figures of 10 for 125. Jean-Jacques played first-class cricket for Derbyshire until 1992, making 53 appearances, in addition to making forty one-day appearances. His longest run in the side came in 1990, when bowlers across England struggled to take wickets. With the bat, he scored 587 runs at a batting average of 11.28. In one-day cricket for Derbyshire, he took 43 wickets at an average of 33.86, with best figures of 3 for 22.

With his contract at Derbyshire ending in 1992, several counties showed an interest in signing him. He continued to play club cricket for Shepherd's Bush into the late 1990s.