Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 2012– Leeds/Bradford MCCU Batting style Right-handed Name Ivan Thomas | Role Cricketer 2012– Kent (squad no. 5) | |
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Full name Ivan Alfred Astley Thomas Born 25 September 1991 (age 32) ( 1991-09-25 ) Greenwich, England | ||
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast | ||
Ivan thomas and joe denly take 3 wickets each v loughborough mccu
Ivan Alfred Astley Thomas (born 25 September 1991) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm medium-fast seam bowler who bats right-handed. He made his first-class debut for Leeds/Bradford MCC Universities in March 2012 and has played in all forms of cricket for Kent.
Contents
- Ivan thomas and joe denly take 3 wickets each v loughborough mccu
- Ivan thomas and daniel bell drummond visit bromley schools
- Earlier life and youth career
- Cricket career
- References
Ivan thomas and daniel bell drummond visit bromley schools
Earlier life and youth career
Thomas was born in Greenwich and attended John Roan School in Blackheath. He played youth cricket for Blackheath Cricket Club and for Kent before going to Leeds University to study Sports Science. At university he was park of the Leeds/Bradford MCC Universities cricket team. A series of back injuries in his late teens, including a triple-stress fracture of his back, threatened Thomas' career. He has credited Pilates and other core strength exercises with helping to save his career.
Cricket career
Thomas made his first-class cricket debut for Leeds/Bradford MCC Universities in March 2012 in a match against Surrey. He played six first-class matches for the team between 2012 and 2014 as well as playing in MCC Universities competitions.
Thomas made his Kent debut in May 2012 against Essex in the 2012 County Championship. He made a second appearance for Kent against the touring South Africans later in the season. A variety of injury concerns limited his Kent appearances in 2013 and 2014, but in 2015 he played more regularly for the side, making 11 first-class appearances as well as appearing in List A cricket and Twenty20 matches for the county and signing a contract extension in August.
During the 2014–15 English winter Thomas played for Sunshine Coast Scorchers in Brisbane Grade Cricket in Queensland. During the 2015–16 off-season he cycled from Land's End to John O'Groats, raising more than £4,000 for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young.