Glamorgan legend Alan Jones has become England's 696th Test cricketer – 50 years on from his only appearance in a game later denied Test status by the ICC.
The decision by the ECB to award Jones, now aged 81, a retrospective navy blue cap was prompted by his interview with Sportsmail last month, when he expressed his decades-long disappointment at not being regarded as a fully fledged Test player.
Now, following a surprise presentation on Zoom attended by board chairman Colin Graves, Test captain Joe Root and the great and the good of Welsh cricket, Jones can finally wear his new cap and his old blazer – which for half a century has languished in a wardrobe at his home near Swansea– with pride.