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Trevor Jesty
Personal information
Full name
Trevor Edward Jesty
Born (1948-06-02) 2 June 1948 (age 76)
Gosport, Hampshire, England
NicknameJets
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleOccasional wicket-keeper
Umpire
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 68)11 January 1983 v Australia
Last ODI19 February 1983 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1987/88–1991Lancashire
1985–1987Surrey
1979/80Canterbury
1978Marylebone Cricket Club
1974/75–1980/81Griqualand West
1973/74Border
1966–1984Hampshire
Umpiring information
FC umpired268 (1993–2013)
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 10 490 428
Runs scored 127 21,916 9,216
Batting average 21.16 27.47 27.10
100s/50s –/1 35/110 7/46
Top score 52* 248 166*
Balls bowled 108 36,864 13,309
Wickets 1 585 372
Bowling average 93.00 27.47 24.95
5 wickets in innings 19 5
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/23 7/75 6/20
Catches/stumpings 5/– 265/1 106/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 December 2013

Trevor Edward Jesty (born 2 June 1948) is an English former cricketer. He was an all rounder (right hand batsman and medium pace bowler) who played 490 first-class matches, scoring 21,916 runs and 585 wickets, between 1966 and 1991.

Jesty was born in Gosport, Hampshire, and played for Hampshire, Surrey and Lancashire in the English County Championship. He played overseas for Border and Griqualand West in South Africa and Canterbury in New Zealand.

Jesty played 10 one day internationals for England most of them during the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup tournament in 1983. His highlight was scoring 50 off 35 balls v New Zealand at Adelaide. He was named in the England squad for the 1983 World Cup.

Following his retirement as a player, Jesty became a cricket umpire in England and served as the reserve umpire for the Fourth Test Match at The Oval between England and Pakistan in 2006. He continued as a First Class Umpire until his retirement in 2013, however he continues as a coach.

He currently coaches the Christ's Hospital School 1st XI Cricket team.