Greg Thomas

Greg Thomas
Personal information
Full nameJohn Gregory Thomas
Born (1960-08-12) 12 August 1960 (age 61)
Trebanos, Glamorgan, Wales
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 515)21 February 1986 v West Indies
Last Test7 August 1986 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 86)18 February 1986 v West Indies
Last ODI25 May 1987 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1979–1988Glamorgan
1983/84–1986/87Border
1984/85–1986/87Impalas
1987/88–1988/89Eastern Province
1989–1991Northamptonshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 5 3 192 193
Runs scored 83 1 3,419 1,536
Batting average 13.83 1.00 16.43 13.12
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 2/7 0/1
Top score 31* 1* 110 65*
Balls bowled 774 156 27,916 8,801
Wickets 10 3 525 233
Bowling average 50.40 48.00 31.05 27.32
5 wickets in innings 0 0 18 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 4/70 2/59 7/75 5/17
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 74/– 36/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 August 2012

Greg Thomas (born John Gregory Thomas, 12 August 1960) is a Welsh former cricketer, who played in five Test matches and three One Day Internationals for England between 1986 and 1987.

Life and career

Thomas was born in Trebanos in Glamorgan. He was a genuine fast bowler, a rare sight in English cricket after the retirement of Bob Willis;[citation needed] apart from the raw pace, he was erratic and often had injury problems.[citation needed] At his best, he matched the speed of the fearsome West Indian pacemen on the tour of West Indies in 1985/86, but leaked too many runs with his wayward bowling. This difficult tour was followed by one Test in England, disruptive injury and an unsuccessful, and then a fruitless switch to play for Northamptonshire.

Thomas did not play for England again after he joined the rebel tour to South Africa 1989-90, defying the international sporting boycott of the apartheid state.

The West Indian batsman Viv Richards was notorious for punishing bowlers that dared to sledge him. So much so, that many opposing captains banned their players from the practice. However, in a county game against Glamorgan, Thomas attempted to sledge him after he had played and missed at several balls in a row. He informed Richards: "It's red, round and weighs about five ounces, in case you were wondering". Richards hammered the next delivery out of the ground and into a nearby river. Turning to the bowler, he commented: "Greg, you know what it looks like, now go and find it".


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