Geraint Owen Jones MBE (born 14 July 1976) is a former cricketer who played for both England and Papua New Guinea. Born to Welsh parents in Papua New Guinea. From 2004 until 2006 he was the first-choice wicketkeeper for England in both Test and One-day cricket. He later played international cricket for Papua New Guinea from 2012 to 2014. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket on 8 July 2015 following his resignation as the first-class cricket captain of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.Brentwood School, Essex announced[2] on 4 September 2015 that he had joined their staff to replace the recently retired Brian Hardie as cricket coach.