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Full name | Noah Robin Mostyn Thain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hitchinbrooke, Hertfordshire, England | 13 January 2005||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023–present | Essex (squad no. 8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 26 May 2023 Essex v Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 1 August 2023 Essex v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,26 August 2025 |
Noah Robin Mostyn Thain (born 13 January 2005) in Hitchinbrooke,Hertfordshire is an English cricketer who plays for Essex and Essex 2nd XI. [1] and the England national under-19 cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman,who also bowls right-arm medium-fast pace. [2] He has played in both Youth One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Youth Tests for England national under-19 cricket team.
He attended King's College School and The Leys School,both in Cambridge, [3] and played for Sawston &Babraham Cricket Club in Cambridgeshire,who were crowned as the East Anglian Premier Cricket League Champions in 2021 and 2022 [4] . [5] Thain has been a part of the Essex County Cricket Academy since 2021.
He made his first-class cricket debut against Ireland on 26 May 2023 in a tour match [6] . Thain made his List A debut against Lancashire on 1st August 2023 [7] . Good striker of the ball he made his T20 debut against Sussex on 13 June 2025 at Hove. [8]
Thain has had notable performances for England national under-19 cricket team,including scoring back-to-back half-centuries against Sri Lanka in Youth ODIs and was part of the England U19 squad for 2024 World cup in South Africa. [9] [10]
He signed his first rookie contract with the Essex County Cricket club in summer 2023 followed by a two year full professional contract until the end of 2026 in 2024 . [11] [12]