Melanie Jones (born 11 August 1972, Barnstaple, Devon, England) is a former Australian cricketer. Since retiring from cricket, she has been a commentator in international and domestic cricket matches.Jones moved to Australia when she was three months old with her mother, residing in Melbourne. She was introduced to cricket by her high school geography teacher (the father of Australian test player Peter Handscomb).A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, she played 5 Test matches for Australia between 1998 and 2003, scoring 251 runs, highlighted by a 131 on debut against England in August 1998. Jones was the 134th woman to play Test cricket for Australia. She has also played 61 One Day Internationals for Australia, scoring 1028 runs with an average in the low-twenties. Wikipedia