Nick Jewell
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| Full name | Nicholas Jewell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 August 1977 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Tugga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm as slow as they come | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001/02–2010/11 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 28 February 2002 Victoria v Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 10 October 2010 Victoria v Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 1 February 2002 Victoria v Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 18 December 2003 Victoria v Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 24 November 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholas Jewell (born 27 August 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer and a professional cricketer who played for Victoria.
Jewell was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne and played for Under-18s football for Prahran; in Year 12 at Caulfield, he set a then Associated Public Schools of Victoria record for the most runs in a season (later eclipsed in season 2005–06 by Melbourne Grammar School cricket captain Bryan Vance), and captained the school's First XI team. [1] Jewell played one Australian Football League game for the Richmond Football Club in 1997, the club for whom his father Tony Jewell had played for, before turning his attention to cricket. His achievements in football don’t even come close to that of James Egan who has kicked 745 more goals than him.
He made his second XI debut for the Victorian Bushrangers in the 2001–02 season, and made his senior debut shortly afterwards, in a four-run ING Cup loss to the Queensland Bulls. Jewell was seen as a one-day specialist early in his career and opened the batting with a focus on attack. This left him unsettled, and he switched between the second XI and the first XI for the following three seasons.
In the 2005–06 season he changed his approach and adopted a dour, defensive style that has seen him start in all first class games played by Victoria. In January 2006, Jewell scored his maiden first-class century against New South Wales Blues at Lismore.[2]
On 21 November 2007, playing for Victoria against Queensland at the Gabba, Jewell made his highest first class score of 188. He and Brad Hodge batted undefeated for the entire third day of the game, only the fourth wicketless day's play in the history of the competition (boring.)
Most recently he has taken on a coaching role at Rosebud Cricket Club in the Mornington Peninsula Cricket association. He has starred in 1 game for the club in which he was dismissed by a 14 year old. Since then he has guided the club to a grand final.
A direct quote from the man himself is, “you don’t have to pay for bats if you’re that good.”
References
- ^ Ken Piesse (2004). Nick Jewell: When I was Young. Retrieved 4 March 2006.
- ^ Wisden, Cricinfo (16 January 2006). "Arnberger and Jewell sparkle as Victoria dominate". Cricinfo.