Dean Jones’ wife and two daughters have taken to the Melbourne Cricket Ground alongside his former captain Allan Border in a special tribute to the late Australian cricket great.
The tribute to Jones came at 3.24pm (5.24pm NZT) during the tea break on day one of the Boxing Day test between Australia and India, where his wife Jane, daughters Isabella and Phoebe, and former team-mate Allan Border took to the pitch to commemorate his life carrying his bat, sunglasses and baggy green before placing them in the middle of the pitch.
The 3:24 pm call-time was an ode to him being the 324th Australian test cricketer, while 324 was also his highest first-class score.
The four walked across the ground – which was Jones’s favourite – linking arms, with their heads held high to honour the father, friend and husband.
As Jane placed the baggy green on the handle of the cricket bat, she bent down to kiss the crest on the front with her two daughters following suit with the gesture.
Jones’ death rocked the cricket world earlier this year after he collapsed in a hotel in Mumbai during the Indian Premier League.
