Simon Jones

Quick Facts

Full Name	Simon Jones
Date Of Birth	Jul 29, 1972(1972-07-29)
Age	52
Birthplace	Liverpool
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Leo

Simon Jones Biography

Simon Jones is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on July 29, 1972 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom.

After the breakup of The Verve in 1999, Jones later played bass and wrote songs for the short lived band The Shining, who former Verve bandmate Simon Tong also played with. They would release just one album in 2002 called True Skies.

When The Verve split in 1999 due to in-band tensions, many believed they were down to tensions between singer Richard Ashcroft and lead guitarist Nick McCabe. While this is true, there were in fact problems, described as ‘serious’ by Ashcroft in later interviews, between Ashcroft and Jones also.

Simon Jones Net Worth

Simon Jones is one of the richest Cricketer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Simon Jones 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Simon Robin David Jones (born 29 July 1972) is an English bass player. He played bass and provided occasional backing vocals for the English band The Verve.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Simon Jones Dating?

According to our records, Simon Jones married to Nancy Lewis (m. 1983). As of December 1, 2023, Simon Jones’s is not dating anyone.

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Away from the musical side of The Verve, Jones is the only other band member other than the band’s main mouthpiece, lead singer Richard Ashcroft, who tends to speak publicly and in interviews. Most notably, he, along with Ashcroft, made a speech at the 2007 Q Awards as they won a classic album award for their 1997 album Urban Hymns. He thanked the band member’s wives and children and also thanked former Verve guitarist Simon Tong, who was not included in the newly reformed Verve line up. He also did an interview on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show after the band’s 2007 reformation, and he also appeared alone and alongside Ashcroft in a handful of Verve documentaries and other miscellaneous interviews throughout the 1990s.

Facts & Trivia

S. Ranked on the list of most popular Cricketer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Simon Jones celebrates birthday on July 29 of every year.

Why did Simon Jones retire?

Jones, close to a first England recall last August for the tour of the West Indies thanks to a successful first summer at his new club, Worcestershire, in which he took 42 wickets at 18.02, was ruled out of yet another season last month because of a third serious knee injury.

What happened to Simon Jones cricketer?

However, on the first morning of the first Test at Brisbane Cricket Ground, having bowled seven overs and taken the wicket of Justin Langer, he suffered a severe injury, rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament while sliding to field a ball.

What was Simon Jones injury?

On the opening day of the 2002-03 series in Brisbane, England paceman Simon Jones slid for the ball on the Gabba outfield and ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee … Redemption came amid the glory of England’s historic 2005 win, when Jones took 18 wickets in four Tests.

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