The Ashes win of 2005 is one of the remarkable comeback stories in the history of English Cricket. It introduced flamboyant Kevin Peterson to the world who went on to become one of the all-time great batsmen for England. It also introduced Simon Jones, the lanky aggressive fast-medium bowler who was instrumental in getting back "The Urn". Surprisingly he did not play for the national side ever again.

Simon Jones recalls a memory from his boyhood "When the sweets came out in the house - say we would have Easter eggs, three or four each - mine would have to be done that day. Not as a challenge, I just thought. I am having them all. Whereas my twin brother, he would have them for a week.

Citing one more example from his life to get a better understanding on his life, his bowling ,and his career. On the evening before his test debut, he came down to the hotel bar for a quick half but ended up gulping seven pints of Stella Artois.

Simon Jones always had the attitude of all or nothing. This is the main reason because of which he became a hero of an epic test series . On the flip side, the same attitude was the reason for him to not represent England's national team ever again. The bargain a man strikes for having all or nothing attitude.

In the Ashes of 2005, with an increase in the number of wickets Simon's agonies also increased. He had a terrible injury to his knee. His Morning routine would start with high doses of Ibuprofen, paracetamol , and a cortisol injection to numb the sore knee. Even after knowing the damage that might happen, he carried on until the 4th test of the 5 match series. His body gave up during the 4th test and thus earmarked end of his spectacular shooting star of a career.

In 2006 he was ready for a comeback but wrecked his knee in the net practice which required surgery and recovery of 18 months. After this, he never really recovered. Remaining time until retirement included years of surgeries and rehabs, months in the gym, Countless pseudo comebacks. Somewhere in the middle of all these, he realized that he would never play for England again. In 2013, he finally called time for his cricket Career. He could play only 91 first-class games in 15 years

41-year old's career raises an interesting theory of what-ifs. What if he had quit the Ashes series midway after the knowledge of the injury. What if he had cut down a few yards of pace and reinvented himself in his come back. There are many examples where players have managed their injuries well. Ashish Nehra did it by quitting the test format altogether. Richard Hadlee cut down his pace and reinvented himself. Pat Cummins who had a life-threatening injury at the age of 18 took a break of almost 6 years and came back stronger.

When asked about this the ashes star quips, "That wouldn't be me. Everything I do in life is all or nothing. If I was going into a game bowling 83-84 mph, bowling within myself, I wouldn't be happy ". From a man who slated comebacks all his career, you can expect nothing less.

Reverse swinging peach of the delivery to Michael Clarke.

Simon Jones will always be remembered for his reverse swinging peach of a delivery to Michael Clarke, His overall bowling performance where he took 18 wickets at an average of 21 in Ashes 2005. He will also be remembered for having spectacular highs and heart quenching lows. Both collided head-on in the ashes of 2005.