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Full name | Thomas Banton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England | 11 November 1998|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Colin Banton (father) Jacques Banton (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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ODI debut(cap 255) | 4 February 2020 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 4 August 2020 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 90) | 5 November 2019 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 30 January 2022 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Somerset (squad no. 18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019/20 | Brisbane Heat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Peshawar Zalmi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Quetta Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Colombo Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Northern Superchargers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Dubai Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Fortune Barishal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Trent Rockets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,13 September 2024 |
Thomas Banton (born 11 November 1998) is an English cricketer. [1] He made his international debut for the England cricket team in November 2019. [2]
Banton made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Somerset in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 16 July 2017. [3] He made his first-class debut for Somerset in the 2018 County Championship on 18 September 2018. [4] In 2019,he became a regular in all three formats,scoring two centuries in Somerset's victorious Royal London One-Day Cup campaign as well as a maiden T20 century against Kent in the Vitality Blast. [5] [6]
Banton was signed by Brisbane Heat in the Australian Big Bash League for the 2019/20 season. [7] In December 2019,he was drafted by Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise team Peshawar Zalmi as their Diamond Category pick at the 2020 PSL draft. [8] Later the same month,in the 2020 IPL auction,he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League. [9] Banton was set to play for the Brisbane Heat in the 2020–21 Big Bash League,but pulled out of the tournament on 5 December 2020. [10]
In April 2022,he was bought by the Welsh Fire for the 2022 season of The Hundred. [11] In July 2022,in the County Championship match against Essex,Banton scored his maiden century in first-class cricket. [12]
In December 2017,he was named in England's squad for the 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [13]
In September 2019,Banton was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand. [14] He made his T20I debut for England,against New Zealand,on 5 November 2019. [15] The following month,Banton was named in England's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa. [16] He made his ODI debut on 4 February 2020,for England against South Africa. [17]
On 29 May 2020,Banton was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic. [18] [19] On 9 July 2020,Banton was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against Ireland. [20] [21] On 27 July 2020,Banton was named in England's squad for the ODI series. [22] [23]
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