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Message: [QUOTE="1910, post: 2648176, member: 8272"] January 28, 2015 Queensland Cricket has appointed former West Coast Eagles premiership player and WACA talent manager Brett Jones as its General Manager of High Performance and Operations. Jones, 32, will link with QC next month to fill the role left vacant by the resignation of former Queensland Bulls coach Terry Oliver last year. Jones played 102 AFL games for West Coast, including their 2006 premiership, after opting to choose a football career over a cricket pathway as a teenager. A left-handed batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler, he captained WA at Under-19 level in cricket, played 2nd XI cricket for WA and was a Western Warriors squad member in 2003-04 before being taken in the December 2003 AFL rookie draft by West Coast, ending his cricket playing career. He retired from football in 2011 and was appointed WACA Talent Manager in 2013 where he has worked alongside the Warriors, Western Fury and the Perth Scorchers, which contest the Final of the KFC T20 Big Bash League tonight. Jones maintained cricket ties through the University of Western Australia club where he served as a volunteer administrator, including an eight year stint as vice-president of the club. He also coached UWA in 2012-13. He has an MBA from University of Western Australia and away from sport, has a finance and auditing background. Queensland Cricket Chief Executive Officer Geoff Cockerill said Jones would be a welcome addition to the QC high performance team. “Brett comes from a diverse background that will benefit Queensland Cricket as we continue to make cricket a sport for all Queenslanders and Australia’s favourite sport,’’ he said. “We look forward to him shaping the strong existing culture that exists within our elite high performance teams, coaches and operations and are excited by the energy and vision he brings to our organisation.” Jones will relocate to Brisbane shortly and commence duties next month. [/QUOTE]

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