# Ivan Thomas

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For the New Zealand Railways lawyer, see [Ivan Thomas (lawyer)](/source/Ivan_Thomas_(lawyer)).

**Ivan Alfred Astley Thomas** (born 25 September 1991) is an English professional [cricketer](/source/Cricket) who most recently played for [Kent County Cricket Club](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club). He is a right-arm [medium-fast](/source/Fast_bowling) [seam bowler](/source/Seam_bowler) who bats right-handed. He made his [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) debut for [Leeds/Bradford MCC Universities](/source/Leeds/Bradford_MCC_Universities) in March 2012 and has played in all forms of cricket for Kent.

## Early life and youth career

Thomas was born in [Greenwich](/source/Greenwich) and attended [The John Roan School](/source/The_John_Roan_School) in [Blackheath](/source/Blackheath,_London).[1] He played youth cricket for [Blackheath Cricket Club](/source/Rectory_Field) and for Kent[2] before going to [Leeds University](/source/Leeds_University) to study Sports Science.[3] At university he was part of the [Leeds/Bradford MCC Universities](/source/Leeds/Bradford_MCC_Universities) cricket team. A series of back injuries in his late teens, including a triple-stress fracture of his back, threatened Thomas' career. He has credited [Pilates](/source/Pilates) and other core strength exercises with helping to save his career.[4][5][6]

## Cricket career

Thomas made his [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) debut for [Leeds/Bradford MCC Universities](/source/Leeds/Bradford_MCC_Universities) in March 2012 in a match against [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club).[7] He played six first-class matches for the team between 2012 and 2014 as well as playing in MCC Universities competitions.[8]

Thomas made his [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club) debut in May 2012 against [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) in the [2012 County Championship](/source/2012_County_Championship).[3][4] He made a second appearance for Kent against the touring South Africans later in the season.[7] A variety of injury concerns limited his Kent appearances in 2013 and 2014,[9][10][11] but in 2015 he played more regularly for the team, making 11 first-class appearances as well as appearing in [List A cricket](/source/List_A_cricket) and [Twenty20](/source/Twenty20) matches for the county and signing a contract extension in August.[7][12][13]

During the 2014–15 English winter Thomas played for [Sunshine Coast Scorchers](/source/Sunshine_Coast_Scorchers) in [Brisbane Grade Cricket](/source/Brisbane_Grade_Cricket) in [Queensland](/source/Queensland).[14] During the 2015–16 off-season he cycled from [Land's End](/source/Land's_End) to [John O'Groats](/source/John_O'Groats), raising more than £4,000 for the charity [Cardiac Risk in the Young](/source/Cardiac_Risk_in_the_Young).[15][16]

During the 2018 season Thomas played regularly in the Kent team, especially in the County Championship where he played in 11 matches, taking 24 wickets at a [bowling average](/source/Bowling_average) of 26.25 runs per wicket.[17][18] Against [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) in June he was part of a century partnership for the last Kent wicket with [Grant Stewart](/source/Grant_Stewart_(cricketer)), Thomas contributing just a single run in the 36 balls he faced. This was the first time a batsman had scored only one run as part of a century partnership in England and only the second time this had occurred in first-class cricket anywhere.[19][20][21]

Towards the end of the season he tore his [anterior cruciate ligament](/source/Anterior_cruciate_ligament) in training and underwent surgery in September to reconstruct the ligament with the expectation that he would be unable to play cricket for six to nine months.[22] Despite his injury, Thomas was signed a new contract with the county during the 2018–19 off-season, although he did not play a match during the 2019 season.[17][18] He appeared in Kent's [Bob Willis Trophy](/source/2020_Bob_Willis_Trophy) team during the shortened [2020 season](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club_in_2020) before leaving the club at the end of the season.[23]

## References

1. Reid J (ed) (2016) *2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual*, [Kent County Cricket Club](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club), pp.30–31.

1. [Teams Ivan Thomas played for](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/349/349494/all_teams.html), CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. ["Thomas swaps uni books for wickets"](https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWGLNB&req_dat=1054640702C8DBC0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F13ED749B4AF217F0). *Faversham Times*. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2024. – via Newsbank.

1. [Ivan Thomas overcomes back injury to make Kent debut](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/18032787), BBC Sport, 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. [How Ivan has defied back trouble to get out in front](http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/how-ivan-has-defied-back-trouble-to-get-out-in-front), [Kent County Cricket Club](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club), 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. [Pilates saved my fast-bowling career](https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/pilates-saved-my-fast-bowling-career), Men's Health Forum. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. [First-class matches played by Ivan Thomas](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/349/349494/First-Class_Matches.html), CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. [First-class batting and fielding for each team by Ivan Thomas](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/349/349494/f_Batting_by_Team.html), CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. [New fitness regime to boost player power](http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/new-fitness-regime-to-boost-player-power), [Kent County Cricket Club](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club), 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. [The challenge of keeping the players fit and healthy - staff profile: Dan George](http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/the-challenge-of-keeping-the-players-fit-and-healthy-staff-profile-dan-george), [Kent County Cricket Club](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club), 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. [County Championship: Glamorgan behind despite Bragg ton](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/32688467), BBC Sport, 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. [Kent: New contracts for Haggett, Qayyum and Thomas](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/33941392), BBC Sport, 2015-08-14. retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. Hoad A (2015) [Kent Cricket duo Calum Haggett and Ivan Thomas have signed long-term contract extensions](http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/sport/kent-duo-extend-deals-41721/), *Kent Online*, 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. Brand A (2014) [Scorchers envision some joy in difficult pitch](http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/scorchers-envision-some-joy-in-difficult-pitch/2439428/), *Sunshine Coast Daily*, 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. [Kent cricketer cycling for charity](http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/13882608.Ivan_s_big_challenge/), *Bucks Free Press*, 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. [Ivan Thomas raises more than £4000 for charity](http://www.thepca.co.uk/7946.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160807151207/http://www.thepca.co.uk/7946.html) 7 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, [Professional Cricketers' Association](/source/Professional_Cricketers'_Association), 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-06-15.

1. [Ivan Thomas: Kent fast bowler signs contract extension](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/46235545), [BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport), 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

1. [Contract extension for Thomas](http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/contract-extension-for-thomas/), [Kent County Cricket Club](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club), 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

1. Claridge A (2018) [Kent bowler makes history – with the bat](https://www.canterburyjournal.co.uk/kent-bowler-makes-history-with-the-bat/), *The Canterbury Journal*, 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-27.

1. Bandarupalli S (2018) [Stats: Kent’s No.11 batsman scores one run in a century partnership](https://www.crictracker.com/stats-kent-s-no-11-batsman-scores-one-run-in-a-century-partnership/), CrickTracker, 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-28.

1. Callinan J (2018) [Hunter-bred, first-class all-rounder Grant Stewart smashes maiden English county ton batting at No.10 for Kent after claiming five-wicket haul](https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/5492899/cricket-hunter-all-rounder-grant-stewart-has-cracking-county-game-photos/?cs=306), *[Newcastle Herald](/source/Newcastle_Herald)*, 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-27. ([Archived version](https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/5492899/cricket-hunter-all-rounder-grant-stewart-has-cracking-county-game-photos/?cs=306) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180627230944/https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5492899/stewart-shines-in-uk/?cs=306) 2018-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Archived 2018-06-27.)

1. [Ivan Thomas: Kent fast bowler faces absence after knee surgery](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45653269), [BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport), 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-26.

1. [Ivan Thomas: Kent release fast bowler](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/54484717), [BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport), 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-09.

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