Jason de la Peña

Who is Jason de la Peña?

Jason Michael de la Peña is an English journalist and Sky News, RT, Sky Sports, and ESPN-StarSports presenter and a former cricketer who played 11 first-class and three List A matches in the 1990s. Despite his small number of appearances, he managed to appear for no fewer than four different counties. He was born in Hammersmith, London.

De la Peña played for the Gloucestershire second team in the second half of the 1990 season, and the following year he made his first-team debut, in a County Championship match against Essex. He took 1–69 from 24 overs in Essex's only innings, removing Paul Prichard for 10. He played one other game that season, against Leicestershire, but then returned to the seconds, where he remained right through 1992. He did play twice in 1993, taking 4–77 against the Australians in June, but mostly he remained in the second team, and left Gloucestershire at the end of the season.