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Alfonso Thomas

South Africa

Full name Alfonso Clive Thomas

Born February 9, 1977, Cape Town, Cape Province

Current age 32 years 147 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
T20Is	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
First-class	88	130	28	2626	119*	25.74			2	9			31
List A	104	58	28	461	28*	15.36			0	0			20
Twenty20	54	15	8	84	27	12.00	70	120.00	0	0	8	1	16

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	88		16515	7719	290	7/54		26.61	2.80	56.9		14	1
List A	104		4656	3808	128	4/22	4/22	29.75	4.90	36.3	3	0	0
Twenty20	54	49	964	1221	54	4/27	4/27	22.61	7.59	17.8	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 Yorkshire at Taunton, Jun 30-Jul 3, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2000/01
Last List A	Somerset v Sussex at Taunton, May 23, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Warwickshire v Somerset at Birmingham, Jun 28, 2009 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