Dean Jones’ commentary colleagues pay touching tribute to former cricketer during IPL match

The show must go on and it did.

Just hours after the death of former Australian cricketer Dean Jones, who was an integral member of Star Sports’ show Select Dugout for the ongoing and previous editions of the Indian Premier League, his colleagues paid a touching tribute to him, firstly by getting on with the show.

His coat, worn during the show the night before, was placed on one of the seats in the box and his famous red notebook was placed in on the desk.

“He’s an absolute legend. What Deano would have wanted was for us to get out there and get the job done. Get to the dugout, have some fun, watch some cricket, the game that we all love,” former cricketer Brett Lee said on the show.

Multiple reports said that former Australia pacer Lee had tried to revive Jones in…

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