Q:Alan Keith Colin Jones (born 20 April 1951) is a former English cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Solihull Warwickshire and was educated at Solihull School.Jones made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Scotland at Edgbaston in 1969. His next first-class appearance came during his university studies for Oxford University against Warwickshire. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete