Full name Thomas William Parsons Nickname Teeps | Batting style Right-handed Name Tom Parsons Role Cricket Player | |
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Born 2 May 1987 (age 37) ( 1987-05-02 ) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
Thomas William Parsons (born 2 May 1987, Melbourne, Australia) is an English cricketer and former student of Maidstone Grammar School. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler.
Parsons made his first-class debut in the 2007 season for Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, in their match against Worcestershire. He took three wickets, of which the first was England batsman Vikram Solanki.
An Academy player with Kent, he made his first-team debut for the club against Sri Lanka A in July 2007. He took the wickets of Test cricketers Chamara Kapugedera and Rangana Herath, before rain forced a premature end to the match.
In 2008 Parsons finished his degree at Loughborough University and signed a contract with Hampshire County Cricket Club. At the end of the 2009 County Championship Parsons was released by Hampshire.
After a year struggling with injury, Parsons trialled with Middlesex before signing non contract terms with the club in 2011
Tom married Emily Mary Dodds (Make Up Artist) at Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire, on September 16th 2017.