Malachi Jones’s future as a league player at Bailey’s Bay remains in the balance.

There has been talk at Sea Breeze Oval that the all-rounder could leave next season, possibly returning to his former club Southampton Rangers.

However, Jones said that he has yet to make a decision on his whereabouts for next season.

“I haven’t thought that far yet,” he said. “I haven’t decided anything, probably in the new year.”

As for the possibility of remaining at Bay, Jones said: “There’s a 50-50 chance.”

Rodney Trott, the Bay captain, recently revealed that Jones, who famously claimed the wicket of former India opener Robin Uthappa’s with his first delivery at the 2007 ICC World Cup, is contemplating a move away from Sea Breeze Oval on the eve of the club’s successful Champion of Champions bid.

“Malachi and I are pretty tight, he’s had a talk with me and I think he is moving on,” Trott said.

“This is his third year here and it’s has been one of his better seasons, having shown the Bay people what he can do. Although, he didn’t do as well as he wanted to in the county games, batting-wise.”

Jones helped Bay win the Eastern Counties and the Champion of Champions this season.

He also produced the Premier Division’s highest innings against Somerset Cricket Club, thumping a whirlwind 184 from 142 balls at the top of the innings. If Jones leaves he will still be eligible to play in the Eastern Counties, having qualified for the competition through the residency rule.

n Delray Rawlins and his Sussex team-mates ended the Specsavers County Championship campaign with a draw against promoted Nottinghamshire at Hove yesterday.

Sussex started their second innings after lunch on the fourth and final day because of a wet outfield with an 88-run lead and, led by a century from captain Luke Wells (103), posted 229 for seven declared — a lead of 317 when the inevitable draw was conceded.

Wells reached his fourth hundred to finish as the second division’s leading run scorer with 1,292 runs. Rawlins, who scored a maiden Championship half-century in the first innings, was dismissed for a duck on the final day off the bowling of spinner Matt Carter.