Thos Hunt
Thomas Aaron Hunt is an Australian-born former English cricketer who is the grandson of John Hunt, Baron Hunt. He made four first-class appearances during a career that saw him appear for Middlesex and Somerset County Cricket Clubs. The highlight of this was playing in the victorious Middlesex side that beat the touring Australian test team at Lords in 2001, Middlesex being the only side that tour to beat Australia. In 2004, batting at number 11 with John Francis, his four runs helped set a new record tenth wicket partnership for Somerset in Twenty20 cricket.[1]
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Full name | Thomas Aaron Hunt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 19 January 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 13 April 2002 Middlesex v Cambridge UCCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 10 April 2004 Somerset v Loughborough UCCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 5 June 2001 Middlesex v Australians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 4 July 2004 Somerset v Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 12 May 2022 |
His career was held back by a consistent cartilage knee injury which forced his to retire at 22. He followed a distinguished junior career playing for England U-14/15/16 prior to injury set backs.[2]
References
- "Highest Partnership for Each Wicket for Somerset". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
- Fissler N (2016) Where are they now? Middlesex – 2002 County Championship Division Two runners up, The Cricket Paper, 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2022-05-12.