Malachi Jones’ match-winning knock against former club Southampton Rangers at the weekend was a calculated assault on the bowling.With the game on the line, the Willow Cuts all-rounder picked the right moment to put a shallow Rangers bowling attack to the sword to carry his team to an inspiring three-wicket win.Jones thumped eight sixes and seven boundaries on the way to an unbeaten century (102).The 2007 World Cup player dominated two half-century partnerships, including an unbroken 60-run eighth wicket stand with Mackie Darrell that carried Cuts across the line with overs to spare.But with the visitors wobbling at 198 for six, and the overs running out, Jones admitted his team’s victory hopes appeared bleak before he took matters into his own hands and went on the counterattack.“It was a bit of a worry, especially after Sheroy (Fubler) went off injured . . . I felt the game was pretty much gone,” he said. “But we eventually got in a position where Rangers were short on bowlers.“They didn’t have no one to bowl at the end so I felt if I could stick around till that time when everyone has bowled out I could pull it off by myself.”Jones said his main priority when he arrived at the crease was to focus on his own game and let the chips fall where they may.“It’s always a good feeling to get a century,” he added. “But in terms of the game I really wasn’t putting much emphasis on winning.“I was concentrating on my own game because at the end of the day I’m the batsman and the only one facing the ball. The team isn’t facing the ball with me, it’s just me versus the bowler.“So my first thing is to concentrate on my own personal performance to help better the team. And then when I realised we were in a winning position closer to the end I felt I could take it the whole way.”Jones said he didn’t have any mixed emotions after Cuts prevailed against his childhood club.“I didn’t have any emotions attached, it was just a well-played game by both teams,” he said. “I didn’t have mixed emotions when it came to beating them because we have beaten them before.”Unlike the “laid back” cricketers of recent years, Jones said the Western Counties champions have adopted a new approach.“We have changed our mentality from being laid back cricket players to a team that wants be at its best to win something,” he said. “We are trying to get to that stage where everyone takes the game seriously because we feel we are a talented team.“If we can prepare 50 percent better than what we have in the past couple of years then we may be able to win one or two trophies. We want to retain the Western Counties and hopefully pick up another trophy.”Jones capped a fine all-round display against Rangers by claiming superb figures of three for 42 off ten overs of seam bowling.