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Tom Haines

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Tom Haines
Haines batting for Sussex CCC in June 2021
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Jacob Haines
Born (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 26)
Crawley, West Sussex, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–presentSussex (squad no. 20)
FC debut31 August 2016 Sussex v Kent
List A debut23 July 2021 Sussex v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 73 23 4
Runs scored 4,588 945 52
Batting average 37.60 41.08 13.00
100s/50s 12/19 2/5 0/0
Top score 243 129 27
Balls bowled 2,732 120
Wickets 26 1
Bowling average 49.92 122.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/50 1/22
Catches/stumpings 34/– 10/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 September 2024

Thomas Jacob Haines (born 28 October 1998) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed top-order batsman who also bowls right-arm medium pace.

Career

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Haines made his List A debut on 23 July 2021, for Sussex in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.[1]

In September 2021, Haines became the first batsman to score 1,000 runs in the 2021 County Championship.[2] He has attributed his improved form to increased practice.[3][4]

In April 2022, in the 2022 County Championship, Haines scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket, with 243 runs against Derbyshire.[5] Along with Cheteshwar Pujara, Haines became the first batters to score double centuries in the same innings of a first-class match while following-on.[6] He made his Twenty20 debut on 3 July 2022, for Sussex in the 2022 T20 Blast.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Group 2, Sedbergh, Jul 23 2021, Royal London One-Day Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Luke Hollman ten-for sees Middlesex wrap up crushing win over Sussex". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Tom Haines interview: How the Sussex opener came of age | the Cricketer".
  4. ^ "Sussex star lost his love for cricket – but he is smiling now after century".
  5. ^ "Cheteshwar Pujara, Tom Haines double centuries lead Sussex great escape". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Stats - Pujara ends 52-innings century drought with record 201*". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  7. ^ "South Group (D/N), Hove, July 03, 2022, Vitality Blast". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
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