In his own words, tweeted five days before his death in Mumbai on Thursday, the tied Test match between India and Australia in 1986 changed Dean Jones’ life forever.
The double century Jones made in the sweltering Chennai heat is hailed as one of Australia’s greatest Test innings. To date, it is stunning to think it was just his third match for Australia.
Batting in the converted one-down position, Jones top-scored for Australia with an innings of 210 that lasted for more than 500 minutes. He was dehydrated and could barely stand up midway through the innings.
“I didn’t drink water overnight. One hour into day two I knew I was in trouble. I didn’t drink anything apart from a cup of tea or coffee. We didn’t know anything about dehydration and rehydration back then. Then I just batted from memory basically. I can’t remember much from 120 on. I know nearly every…