Jones is absent along with fellow Wales squad members Matthew Rees, Dafydd Jones, Martin Roberts, Jonathan Davies and Mark Jones.

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That was 16th-best overall in qualifying heats, in which Belgium's Jonathan Borlee posted the best mark of 44.43 seconds.

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But, together with fellow Englishmen Tim Bresnan, Robert Key, Anthony McGrath, Monty Panesar, Mark Ramprakash and Jonathan Trott, he was not sold.

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