Player Profile

Hannah Jones was given the nickname ‘The Quiet Assassin’ by Paul Shaw when he was at Emirates Old Trafford, the Thunder coach of the time particular impressed by how the left-arm spinner gets on with her business with the minimum of fuss, returning performance after performance.

Mancunian Jones, 26-years-old, has been contracted by the Red Rose since 2020.

She has represented England A once, playing against the senior New Zealand team in August 2021 - a 50-over victory at Derby in which she took 2-40 from nine overs.

The spinner, a product of Didsbury Cricket Club, has progressed through the Lancashire age-groups from Under 13s to Under 17s between 2010-2016.

She made her senior debut for the Red Rose county in 2014, aged 15, and has gone on to take 34 wickets in 41 appearances across all cricket for the county. Jones claimed a best of 3-17 from 10 overs in her debut season, a 50-over win over Wales.

Jones went beyond 100 senior career appearances and 100 wickets for all teams and across both List A and T20 cricket in 2024. 

She would have reached those milestones in 2023 but for a shoulder injury, which required surgery, ruining her summer.

She only played three competitive matches for Thunder in that campaign, all in the regional Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy competition in September, claiming an encouraging four wickets.

In 2024, she claimed 30 wickets in 20 matches for Thunder, including a best of 5-13 in a 50-over friendly win against The Blaze. 

Jones is both miserly and potent with ball in hand and has often taken the new ball.

She played for Thunder across each of the four years of regional cricket, claiming 82 wickets, and will hope to have a similar impact now that domestic cricket has transitioned to county-led teams for 2025 and beyond. 

In a season-ending Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy win against South East Stars at Beckenham in September 2021, she starred with a competitive career best of 5-33 from nine overs as Thunder defended a target of 186.

Back in 2015, she claimed 5-5 in a 45-over victory for Lancashire Under 17s versus Durham.

Jones has also played for the Emirates Old Trafford based Manchester Originals in The Hundred.