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Melbourne, Oct 7 A private memorial service to celebrate the life of former Australian cricketer Dean Jones was held last week at the hallowed Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).Dean, who was part of the Star Sports commentary panel for the 13th Indian Premier League (IPL) edition being held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), died in a Mumbai hotel after suffering a cardiac arrest on September 24.His wife Jane, daughters Isabella and Phoebe and Jones' siblings were among a group of 10 to attend the small ceremony at a funeral parlour held over the weekend because of Covid-19 restrictions.A hearse carrying Jones' handmade Indian coffin adorned with the Australian flag and a floral 324 arrangement showcasing Deano's Australian Test cap number, took one last lap of the iconic cricket ground, according to the official MCG website. The number was also his highest first-class score achieved for Victoria against South Australia on the MCG in the 1994/95 Sheffield Shield season."We have been deeply moved by the outpouring of love for Dean over the last week and can't thank everyone enough for their support and for sharing their memories with us," Jane said."It has been an awful time to navigate as a family, but I could not have thought of a more fitting place to say goodbye to my husband than under the lights of his beloved MCG. What better way to honour him than with the music of his friends Elton John and INXS echoing throughout the empty stadium," she added.Meanwhile, former Australia captain Michael Clarke said Jones deserved a "full house standing". "He deserved a full house standing and applauding. RIP great man," Clarke tweeted on Wednesday.Dean's friend and writer Chris Driscoll also penned a poem in honour of the former Australian batsman:"Hold him tenderly, O'Mother IndiaFor he was our favourite sonPlace gently the zinc white ash on his resting foreheadAnoint him in Linseed oilPlace old willow by his sideWe wait for him, for his return.No full breath drawnShallow gasps and disbeliefThis force of nature, impervious to all assaultBut not our griefStumps are calledThe bails removedPlayer 324, no more to proveZinc cream, his baggy greenThe Ashes TestsChampion of ChampionsNow lay him to his restAs we hold him tenderly in our hearts forever."Prof Deano featured in 52 Tests, scoring 3,631 runs at an average of 46.55. In 164 ODIs, he made 6,068 runs, at 44.61, with seven hundreds and 46 fifties. One of his most memorable Test innings came in 1986, when in the heat and humidity of Chennai, he battled exhaustion and illness to make a heroic 210 in what would be only the second tied Test ever.( With inputs from IANS )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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