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Ian Thomas

England

Full name Ian James Thomas

Born May 9, 1979, Newport, Monmouthshire

Current age 30 years 61 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
First-class	32	54	4	1070	82	21.40			0	6			21
List A	45	45	4	1134	93	27.65			0	6			14
Twenty20	14	14	1	250	116*	19.23	177	141.24	1	0	30	9	7

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR
First-class	32		61	38	1	1/26		38.00	3.73	61.0
List A	45		102	84	2	1/24	1/24	42.00	4.94	51.0
Twenty20	14	4	42	63	2	1/5	1/5	31.50	9.00	21.0

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)