Jon Ayling

Who is Jon Ayling?

Jonathan Richard Ayling is a retired English cricketer. Ayling was a capable all-rounder, a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.

In 1985 Ayling won 'The Cricket Society Wetherall Award for the Leading All-Rounder in English Schools Cricket'.

Ayling made his Hampshire one-day debut for the county against Somerset in 1987. That season he represented the county in two one-day matches.

Ayling made his first-class debut in the 1988 county season against Oxford University. Ayling would go onto represent the club sixty times in first-class matches. The same season Ayling won his first honour with the club when he was part of the Benson and Hedges Cup winning team that defeated Derbyshire at Lord's. Ayling took a single wicket in the final and was not requested to bat as Hampshire won by seven wickets.

Ayling would also go onto win the 1991 NatWest Trophy when Hampshire defeated Surrey by four wickets, with Ayling taking two wickets: those of Alec Stewart and Darren Bicknell. Ayling hit the winning runs, scoring 18*. His final honour came in the 1992 Benson and Hedges Cup when Hampshire defeated Kent by 41 runs, with Ayling taking one wicket in the Kent innings.