Grant Thomson

Grant Thomson (born 18 March 1988) is a South African first-class cricketer.[1] He was included in the Easterns cricket team for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[2] He was the leading run-scorer in the 2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, with a total of 472 in ten matches.[3] In August 2017, he was named in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stars squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[4] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[5]

Grant Thomson
Personal information
Born (1988-03-18) 18 March 1988
Kempton Park, South Africa
Source: Cricinfo, 20 January 2020

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Titans team for the 2018–19 season.[6] In September 2018, he was named in Easterns' squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[7] He was the leading run-scorer for Easterns in the tournament, with 182 runs in five matches.[8]

In October 2018, he was named in Paarl Rocks' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[9][10] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[11] Later the same month, he was named as the captain of Easterns' squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup.[12] Thomson lead the team to their inaugural title in the tournament.[13]

In April 2021, he was named in the Easterns team for the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[14]

References

  1. "Grant Thomson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. Easterns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "Records: CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, 2016/17: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  4. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. "Multiply Titans Announce Contracts 2018-19". Multiply Titans. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  7. "Easterns Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  8. "Africa T20 Cup, 2018/19 - Easterns: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  9. "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  10. "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  11. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  12. "Easterns aim high in Provincial T20 Cup". Benoni City Times. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  13. "Thomson proud of CSA T20 Provincial success". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  14. "Division Two squads named for next season". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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