Jason Molins
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Jason Adam Max Molins is an Irish cricket
er. He is a right-handed batsman. Born in Dublin, he has played First-class cricket for Ireland
since 1998 and received his Oxford Blue in 1998 scoring a half century in the Varsity match at Lords. He participated in the 2001 and 2005 ICC Trophy tournaments, and aided them to that year's finals, where they lost against Scotland
. He captained Ireland between 2001 and 2005 and was instrumental in the victories over Zimbabwe (scoring 107 not out) Surrey (scoring 56) and the West Indies (scoring 66). He is Ireland's most successful captain having captained Ireland on no fewer than 45 occasions and has a win ratio of over 60%.
Molins was not selected for the 2007 World Cup which came as a big surprise to those involved in Irish cricket. Having captained the team for 5 years en route to qualification Molins became frozen out of the set-up which left many within Irish cricket flabbergasted. Molins was central to many of Ireland's famous victories and it is felt that the manner in which he attacked opening bowlers, crashing the ball around at the start of the innings, laid the foundations to the self-belief that grew within the Irish squad.
Molins generally occupies the position of opening batsman for the Irish one-day team. His brother Greg is a former cricketer as is his first cousin Lara.
Molins was initially educated in Ireland and then finished his studies England. He studied for an economics degree at University College Dublin and then completed his post-graduate diploma at Oxford University in 1997. Following this he moved to London and now works as a Fixed Income analyst for an investment management company following a number of other roles in the City including Corporate Finance.
In 2008, Molins was named along with Mark Bott
and Darren Gerard
to the Maccabi GB cricket team to represent the United Kingdom at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
.
Molins married Aoife Mulholland
in Marbella, Spain, on 6 September 2009.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He is a right-handed batsman. Born in Dublin, he has played First-class cricket for Ireland
Irish cricket team
The Ireland cricket team is the cricket team representing all of Ireland. Because of political difficulties, the Irish Cricket Union was not elected to the International Cricket Council until 1993, and qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 2007. The Irish Cricket Union is the...
since 1998 and received his Oxford Blue in 1998 scoring a half century in the Varsity match at Lords. He participated in the 2001 and 2005 ICC Trophy tournaments, and aided them to that year's finals, where they lost against Scotland
Scottish cricket team
The Scotland national cricket team represents Scotland in the game of cricket. They compete in the Clydesdale Bank 40 as the Scottish Saltires...
. He captained Ireland between 2001 and 2005 and was instrumental in the victories over Zimbabwe (scoring 107 not out) Surrey (scoring 56) and the West Indies (scoring 66). He is Ireland's most successful captain having captained Ireland on no fewer than 45 occasions and has a win ratio of over 60%.
Molins was not selected for the 2007 World Cup which came as a big surprise to those involved in Irish cricket. Having captained the team for 5 years en route to qualification Molins became frozen out of the set-up which left many within Irish cricket flabbergasted. Molins was central to many of Ireland's famous victories and it is felt that the manner in which he attacked opening bowlers, crashing the ball around at the start of the innings, laid the foundations to the self-belief that grew within the Irish squad.
Molins generally occupies the position of opening batsman for the Irish one-day team. His brother Greg is a former cricketer as is his first cousin Lara.
Molins was initially educated in Ireland and then finished his studies England. He studied for an economics degree at University College Dublin and then completed his post-graduate diploma at Oxford University in 1997. Following this he moved to London and now works as a Fixed Income analyst for an investment management company following a number of other roles in the City including Corporate Finance.
In 2008, Molins was named along with Mark Bott
Mark Bott
- Playing career :In 2008, Bott was named along with Jason Molins and Darren Gerard to the Maccabi GB cricket team to represent the United Kingdom at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.- References :...
and Darren Gerard
Darren Gerard
Darren Charles Gerard is an English cricketer who represented the Oxford University in University matches against Cambridge University in 2004 and 2006. In the 2004 contest at Lord's he took 5/29 as Oxford won by eight wickets...
to the Maccabi GB cricket team to represent the United Kingdom at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
2009 Maccabiah Games
The 2009 Maccabiah Games were the 18th incarnation of the Maccabiah Games, being held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. On the 13th of July, more than 6,000 Jewish athletes from all over the world joined Team Israel's 3,000 participants at...
.
Molins married Aoife Mulholland
Aoife Mulholland
Aoife Mulholland is an Irish actress and musical theatre performer from Salthill, Galway. Aoife is a successful leading lady in London's West End...
in Marbella, Spain, on 6 September 2009.