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]
Banton signed a two-year contract extension with Somerset in September 2024. [13]
He made his maiden first-class triple century and the highest individual first-class score by a Somerset player when he compiled 371 against Worcestershire in the opening round of the 2025 County Championship. [14] [15]
In December 2017,he was named in England's squad for the 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [16]
In September 2019,Banton was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand. [17] He made his T20I debut for England,against New Zealand,on 5 November 2019. [18] The following month,Banton was named in England's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa. [19] He made his ODI debut on 4 February 2020,for England against South Africa. [20]
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. [21] [22] 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. [23] [24] On 27 July 2020,Banton was named in England's squad for the ODI series. [25] [26]
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