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Full name | Tom Charles Bruce | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Te Kūiti, New Zealand | 2 August 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Top-order batter, occasional wicket-keeper [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National sides |
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Only ODI(cap 87) | 31 August 2025 Scotland v Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 70) | 3 January 2017 New Zealand v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 2 February 2020 New Zealand v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014/15–present | Central Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Chattogram Challengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,16 August 2025 |
Tom Charles Bruce (born 2 August 1991) is a New Zealand cricketer who has played Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the national side. He is also a first-class cricketer who plays for Central Districts. [2] He attended Wanganui Collegiate School. [3]
In June 2018,he was awarded a contract with Central Districts for the 2018–19 season. [4] In March 2019,he was named as the Burger King Super Smash Men's Player of the Year at the annual New Zealand Cricket awards. [5]
In March 2022,in the 2021–22 Plunket Shield season,Bruce scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket,with 208 not out against Northern Districts. [6]
In March 2025,during the 2024–25 Plunket Shield season,Bruce scored his maiden triple century in first-class cricket,with 345 from 401 deliveries. [7] [8]
In January 2024,Bruce signed with Lancashire for 2024 season. [9]
In December 2016,he was named in New Zealand's T20I squad for their series against Bangladesh. [10] On 3 January 2017 he made his T20I debut for New Zealand against Bangladesh. [11]
On 12 August 2025,Scotland announced that Bruce had committed to Scotland,qualifying through his Edinburgh-born dad and was named in the squad for 2025 Canada Tri-Nation Series,formed part of 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 games against Canada and Namibia. [12] [13]