Jones boosts his chances of West Indies tour

England A 368 and 295 beat Tamil Nadu 333 and 143 (Jones 5-31) by 187 runs
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England A finally had something to cheer on their tour of India with a convincing 187-run win against Tamil Nadu at Chennai. Even better news for them, and for Duncan Fletcher, the national coach, was that Simon Jones bowled them to victory with 5 for 31, thus taking 10 wickets in the match.

After England A declared at 295 for 9, having adding 44 runs to their overnight total with a lead of 330, Simon Francis set them on the way with the wickets of both openers.

The Indian batsmen then stood firm to go to lunch on 90 for 3 as Jones struggled to find his range, but after the break it was a different story. Jones proved too hot to handle as he blew away the middle-lower order in his five-wicket haul, and also boosted his chances of making the full tour of West Indies next month.

England A's next game is in the Duleep Trophy, India's domestic first-class competition, next week at Jalandhar.