Alfonso Thomas

Alfonso Thomas

Personal information
Full name	Alfonso Clive Thomas
Born	(1977-02-09) 9 February 1977 (age 47) Cape Town, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	South Africa (2007)
Only T20I (cap 26)	2 February 2007 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000–2003	North West
2003–2006	Northerns
2004–2007	Titans
2005	Staffordshire
2007	Warwickshire
2007–2010	Dolphins
2008–2015	Somerset (squad no. 8)
2015	→ Sussex (on loan)
2011	Lions
2011–2012	Pune Warriors
2011–2012	Adelaide Strikers
2012–2013	Titans
2012–2014	Perth Scorchers
2013	Dhaka Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20 Matches 1 164 169 225 Runs scored – 4,130 727 410 Batting average – 23.07 16.90 12.05 100s/50s – 2/14 0/0 0/0 Top score – 119* 49* 30* Balls bowled 24 29,790 7,195 4,558 Wickets 3 547 219 263 Bowling average 8.33 26.34 28.64 21.81 5 wickets in innings 0 25 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 2 0 0 Best bowling 3/25 7/54 4/18 5/24 Catches/stumpings 0/– 43/– 35/– 67/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2015

Alfonso Clive Thomas (born 9 February 1977) is a South African former professional cricketer. He is a right arm fast-medium bowler and a big hitting lower-order batsman. Playing in South African domestic cricket for North West, Northerns, the Titans, the Lions, and the Dolphins, Thomas has also played English county cricket for Warwickshire and Somerset, Indian Premier League matches for the Pune Warriors, and in Australian domestic cricket for the Adelaide Strikers and the Perth Scorchers. In June 2014, Thomas took four wickets in four balls in a County Championship game against Sussex.^[1] He was a pioneer of death bowling in the early years of T20 cricket.