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Full name Ian James Thomas
Born May 9, 1979, Newport, Monmouthshire
Current age 29 years 105 days
Major teams Glamorgan,Herefordshire,Wales Minor Counties
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
32
54
4
1070
82
21.40
0
6
21
0
List A
45
45
4
1134
93
27.65
0
6
14
0
Twenty20
14
14
1
250
116*
19.23
177
141.24
1
0
30
9
7
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
32
61
38
1
1/26
38.00
3.73
61.0
0
0
0
List A
45
102
84
2
1/24
1/24
42.00
4.94
51.0
0
0
0
Twenty20
14
4
42
63
2
1/5
1/5
31.50
9.00
21.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class span
1998 - 2005
List A span
2000 - 2005
Twenty20 debut
Glamorgan v Northamptonshire at Cardiff, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Somerset v Glamorgan at Taunton, Jun 27, 2005 scorecard
Profile
Ian Thomas is another highly promising, homegrown young player who could make a big name for himself
in county cricket.
The left-handed batsman and off-spin bowler hails from Newport,
and made his 2nd XI debut in 1996 after progressing through the ranks of the Welsh Schoolboy
elevens. However, in 1997 he sustained a severe back injury, and spent several months on
the sidelines.Thomas worked hard at restoring his fitness, and his efforts were rewarded with a
first-class debut in 1998 in Glamorgan`s match against Cambridge University at Fenner's.
Thomas had a highly productive season with the bat for Glamorgan`s 2nd XI in 2000, hitting
two centuries, and amassing over 800 runs for the 2nd XI. This sheer weight of runs forced the opening batsman into the 1st XI
for the last three Championship matches of the season. He made a very encouraging start, with 82
against Essex at Southend, followed by 35 against Nottinghamshire and an unbeatan 45 against
Middlesex.
His efforts secured a place on Glamorgan`s full-time staff for 2001, and after finishing his studies at
UWIC, the young left-hander became the county`s regular opening batsman in one-day games in 2002.
His free-scoring batting launched many important innings as the Welsh county won the Norwich Union
competition in 2002.
(Contributed by Andrew Hignell - October 2002)
