Australia mourns loss of 'Deano'

FILE PHOTO: Derbyshire Photocall 1997 - County Ground Dean Jones - Derbyshire Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Stuart Franklin FILM

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian cricket on Friday mourned the death of former batsman Dean Jones as the nation remembered one of its favourite sporting sons with glowing tributes in local newspapers.

Jones died from cardiac arrest on Thursday at a hotel in India where he was working as a cricket pundit for Star India. He was 59.