Alfonso Thomas      

Full name Alfonso Clive Thomas

Born February 9, 1977, Cape Town, Cape Province

Current age 35 years 3 days

Major teams South Africa, Adelaide Strikers, Dolphins, North West, Northerns, Pune Warriors, Somerset, Staffordshire, Titans, Western Province

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Alfonso Clive Thomas
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
T20Is 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
First-class 120 168 33 3491 119* 25.85 2 12 32 0
List A 143 70 33 550 28* 14.86 0 0 30 0
Twenty20 121 41 24 216 30* 12.70 207 104.34 0 0 22 2 35 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
T20Is 1 1 24 25 3 3/25 3/25 8.33 6.25 8.0 0 0 0
First-class 120 21609 10495 386 7/54 27.18 2.91 55.9 18 2
List A 143 6088 5169 185 4/18 4/18 27.94 5.09 32.9 6 0 0
Twenty20 121 114 2420 2929 141 4/27 4/27 20.77 7.26 17.1 1 0 0
Career statistics
Only T20I South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut 1998/99
Last First-class Somerset v Lancashire at Taunton, Sep 12-15, 2011 scorecard
List A debut 2000/01
Last List A Somerset v Surrey at Lord's, Sep 17, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers at Melbourne, Jan 19, 2012 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
4, 0/26 Adelaide v Melb Stars Melbourne 19 Jan 2012 Twenty20
3/24, 5* Adelaide v Syd Sixers Adelaide 10 Jan 2012 Twenty20
1/32, 7 Adelaide v Perth Perth 8 Jan 2012 Twenty20
1/26 Adelaide v Brisbane Brisbane 3 Jan 2012 Twenty20
0/27, 1* Adelaide v Hobart Adelaide 28 Dec 2011 Twenty20
0/27 Adelaide v Syd Thunder Sydney 23 Dec 2011 Twenty20
0/15 Adelaide v Melb Reneg Adelaide 18 Dec 2011 Twenty20
1/34, 3* Somerset v Mumbai Chennai 8 Oct 2011 Twenty20
2/16 Somerset v Warriors Bangalore 5 Oct 2011 Twenty20
2/33, 15* Somerset v Bangalore Bangalore 3 Oct 2011 Twenty20
Profile

It was a long, circuitous route to national recognition for Alfonso Thomas. Raised in Cape Town, he was a member of the provincial schools team for two years and played for Western Province B in 1998-99, but he decided to throw in his lot and move thousands of kilometres inland to join the unfashionable North-West team in Potchefstroom. There, he affirmed his ability as a bustling pace bowler and a stroke-playing lower-order batsman, and began to be noticed for his tough temperament. He joined the Northerns Titans in 2003-04, where a haul of 36 wickets in eight SuperSport Series matches meant he was, at last, seriously attracting the attention of the national selectors. A successful stint with the South Africa A team followed, and Thomas was rewarded with a place on the Test tour to India, as a stand-in for the injured Andre Nel in late 2004. But Thomas had to wait until 2007 for his international debut, and in came in the Twenty20 format when he grabbed 3 for 25 in a win over Pakistan in Johannesburg. Thomas switched from the Titans to the Dolphins during 2007-08 and he signed with Somerset for the 2008 county season as a Kolpak player and enhanced his reputation as an outstanding one-day bowler.
Ken Borland May 2010

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Oct 5, 2011

Alfonso Thomas shakes hands with Johan Botha, Somerset v Warriors, Champions League T20, Bangalore, October 5, 2011

Alfonso Thomas shakes hands with Johan Botha

© Associated Press

Sep 20, 2011

Alfonso Thomas celebrates after hitting the winning runs, Auckland v Somerset, CLT20 qualifier, Hyderabad, September 20, 2011

Alfonso Thomas celebrates after hitting the winning runs

© Associated Press

Sep 15, 2011

Alfonso Thomas was caught at short leg to the last ball before lunch, Somerset v Lancashire, County Championship, Division One, Taunton, September 15, 2011

Alfonso Thomas was caught at short leg to the last ball before lunch

© PA Photos

Country Fixtures Country Results
Lions v Cape Cobras at Johannesburg - Feb 9-12
Lions 410 & 113/2 Cape Cobras 420
Warriors v Knights at Port Elizabeth - Feb 9-12
Knights won by 161 runs
KZN-Inland v Griq West at Pietermaritzburg
Feb 12, 2012 (09:00 local | 07:00 GMT | 02:00 EST | 01:00 CST | 23:00 PST)
Boland v North West at Paarl - Feb 12
North West 221 Boland 13/1 (4/50 ov)
Border v Northerns at East London - Feb 12
Northerns 175/9 Border 36/1 (9.2/50 ov)
Easterns v E. Province at Benoni - Feb 12
E. Province 272/4 Easterns 47/1 (7/50 ov)
Namibia v S West D at Windhoek - Feb 12
Namibia 189 S West D 21/1 (5.2/50 ov)
W Province v Free State at Cape Town - Feb 12
W Province 111 Free State 40/2 (11.5/50 ov)
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