Jason Molins
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Full name | Jason Adam Max Molins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dublin, Ireland | 4 December 1974|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | GL Molins (brother), LD Molins (cousin) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 11 June 2015 |
Jason Adam Max Molins (born 4 December 1974) is a former Irish cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman, with his career for the Irish national side spanning from 1995 to 2006.
Born in Dublin, he debuted at first-class level for Ireland in 1998 and received his Oxford Blue in 1998, scoring a half century in the Varsity match at Lords. He participated in the 2001 and 2005 ICC Trophy tournaments, and aided them to that year's finals, where they lost against Scotland. He captained Ireland between 2001 and 2005 and was instrumental in the victories over Zimbabwe (scoring 107 not out), Surrey (scoring 56), and the West Indies (scoring 66). He is Ireland's most successful captain having captained Ireland on no fewer than 45 occasions and has a win ratio of over 60%.[1][2]
Despite his prior role as captain, Molins was not selected for Ireland at the 2007 World Cup, and never played at One Day International (ODI) level. In 2008, he was named along with Mark Bott and Darren Gerard to the Maccabi GB cricket team to represent the United Kingdom at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.[3] Molins was initially educated in Ireland and then finished his studies England. He studied for an economics degree at University College Dublin and then completed his post-graduate diploma at Oxford University in 1997.[4] Following this he moved to London and now works as a Fixed Income analyst for an investment management company following a number of other roles in the City including Corporate Finance.[4] Molins married Aoife Mulholland, a West End actress from Galway, in 2009.[5] His brother, Greg, and cousin, Lara, also played for Ireland.[6][7]
See also
References
- ↑ "Molins recalled to Ireland squad". BBC News. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ "MOLINS – IRELAND ON THE UP". Sporting Life. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ "Maccabiah Cricket Squads Announced". TotallyJewish.com. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
- 1 2 Gough, Martin (2 May 2005). "Molins eyes World Cup meeting". BBC News. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ (29 December 2013). "Where are they now?: Jason Mollins (Former Ireland cricket captain" – Irish Independent. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ↑ Greg Molins – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ↑ Lara Molins – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
External links
- Jason Molins at Cricket Archive
- Jason Molins interview with The Daily Telegraph
- Richard Bullick comments on the omission of Jason Molins
- Molins frustrated by continued absence from Irish team
- Molins instrumental in famous victory