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Full name | Thomas Banton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 (age 26) Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Colin Banton (father) Jacques Banton (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in November 2019.
Domestic and franchise career
Banton made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Somerset in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 16 July 2017. He made his first-class debut for Somerset in the 2018 County Championship on 18 September 2018. 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.
Banton was signed by Brisbane Heat in the Australian Big Bash League for the 2019/20 season. 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. Later the same month, in the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League. 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.
In April 2022, he was bought by the Welsh Fire for the 2022 season of The Hundred. In July 2022, in the County Championship match against Essex, Banton scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
Banton signed a two-year contract extension with Somerset in September 2024.
International career
In December 2017, he was named in England's squad for the 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
In September 2019, Banton was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand. He made his T20I debut for England, against New Zealand, on 5 November 2019. The following month, Banton was named in England's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa. He made his ODI debut on 4 February 2020, for England against South Africa.
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. 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. On 27 July 2020, Banton was named in England's squad for the ODI series.
References
- "Tom Banton". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- "NatWest t20 Blast, South Group: Middlesex v Somerset at Uxbridge, Jul 16, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- "Specsavers County Championship Division One at Taunton, Sep 18-21 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- "RECORDS / ROYAL LONDON ONE-DAY CUP, 2019 - SOMERSET / BATTING AND BOWLING AVERAGES". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- "Vitality Blast, South Group: Somerset v Kent at Taunton, Aug 10, 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- "English Prodigy Signs for BBL|09". Brisbane Heat. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- "PSL 2020: What the six teams look like". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- "IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- "Brisbane Heat's Tom Banton pulls out of BBL as bubble life takes toll". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- "James Rew, Tom Banton make contrasting maiden tons in dull draw". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- "Banton signs Somerset contract extension". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- "Brook tasked with World Cup mood swing". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- "Bairstow dropped from England Test squad for New Zealand series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- "3rd T20I, England tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Nov 5 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- "Buttler, Stokes and Archer back for South Africa T20Is, no room for Root". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- "1st ODI (D/N), England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Feb 4 2020". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- "England Men confirm back-to-training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- "Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett left out as England name 55-man training group". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- "Injured Chris Jordan misses England's ODI squad to face Ireland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- "England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- "England Men name 14-strong squad for Royal London Series". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- "England v Ireland: David Willey & Reece Topley recalled for ODI series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Cricketers from Buckinghamshire
- English cricketers
- England One Day International cricketers
- England Twenty20 International cricketers
- Somerset cricketers
- Brisbane Heat cricketers
- English expatriate cricketers in Australia
- Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers
- English expatriate cricketers in India
- Peshawar Zalmi cricketers
- English expatriate cricketers in Pakistan
- Quetta Gladiators cricketers
- Welsh Fire cricketers
- Colombo Stars cricketers
- English expatriate cricketers in Sri Lanka
- Northern Superchargers cricketers
- Fortune Barishal cricketers
- English expatriate cricketers in Bangladesh
- Trent Rockets cricketers