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Full name Alfonso Clive Thomas
Born February 9, 1977, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 31 years 167 days
Major teams Dolphins,North West,Northerns,Somerset,Staffordshire,Titans,Western Province
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
T20Is
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0
0
First-class
76
114
25
2323
119*
26.10
2
8
27
0
List A
86
50
22
404
27*
14.42
0
0
16
0
Twenty20
36
9
4
61
27
12.20
55
110.90
0
0
4
1
9
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
T20Is
1
1
24
25
3
3/25
3/25
8.33
6.25
8.0
0
0
0
First-class
76
14716
6720
253
7/54
26.56
2.73
58.1
12
1
List A
86
3889
3099
99
4/31
4/31
31.30
4.78
39.2
2
0
0
Twenty20
36
33
656
824
31
4/27
4/27
26.58
7.53
21.1
1
0
0
Career statistics
Only T20I
South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1998/99
Last First-class
Somerset v Kent at Taunton, Jul 16-19, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2000/01
Last List A
Durham v Somerset at Chester-le-Street, Jul 23, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Northamptonshire v Somerset at Northampton, Jun 26, 2008 scorecard
Profile
It was a long, circuitous route to national recognition for Alfonso Thomas. Raised in Cape Town, he was a member of the provincial schools team for two years and played for Western Province B in 1998-99, but he decided to throw in his lot and move thousands of kilometres inland to join the unfashionable North-West team in Potchefstroom. There, he affirmed his ability as a bustling pace bowler and a stroke-playing lower-order batsman, and began to be noticed for his tough temperament. He joined the Northerns Titans in 2003-04, where a haul of 36 wickets in eight SuperSport Series matches meant he was, at last, seriously attracting the attention of the national selectors. A successful stint with the South Africa A team followed, and Thomas was rewarded with a place on the Test tour to India, as a stand-in for the injured Andre Nel in late 2004. But Thomas had to wait until 2007 for his international debut, and in came in the Twenty20 format when he grabbed 3 for 25 in a win over Pakistan in Johannesburg. Thomas switched from the Titans to the Dolphins during 2007-08 and he signed with Somerset for the 2008 county season as a Kolpak player. Ken Borland May 2008
