B. W. R. Thomas Explained

B. W. R. Thomas
Country:Sri Lanka
Fullname:Bertram W. R. Thomas
Bowling:Right-arm leg-spin
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:3
Runs1:13
Bat Avg1:13.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:9 not out
Deliveries1:546
Wickets1:10
Bowl Avg1:33.90
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:4/71
Catches/Stumpings1:1/0
Date:23 February 2017
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26453/26453.html Cricket Archive

Bertram W. R. Thomas is a former cricketer who played for Ceylon in the 1960s.

Cricket career

Thomas was a leg-spinner. He attended S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, playing in the cricket team.[1] [2] [3] Thomas was selected to tour Pakistan with the Ceylon team in 1966–67. He played in the two preliminary first-class matches before the three-match unofficial Test series. In the first match, against a President's XI in Rawalpindi, he made his first-class debut, and took 4 for 71 in the second innings.[4] In the second match, against a Punjab Governor's XI in Lyallpur, he took 3 for 30 in the second innings.[5]

At this stage of Ceylon's tour, Thomas had seven wickets at an average of 24.71 and was the team's highest wicket-taker. However, he was not selected for the first match against Pakistan, which Ceylon lost by 10 wickets. He played in the second match in Dacca. Pakistan batted first, and Thomas took the first three wickets to fall, the only wickets on the first day, and finished with 3 for 166 in Pakistan's total of 517 for 7 declared; no one else took more than one wicket. Pakistan won by an innings.[6] Despite this success he was omitted from the team for the final match of the series, and that was the extent of his first-class career.

In September 2018, Thomas was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Royal-Thomian . Daya . Sahabandu . 23 February 2017 . My memories of the 79th, 80th & 81st Battle of the Blues . 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170223211623/http://www.royalthomian.info/articles_pages/RC-04/My%20memories%20of%2079.html . 23 February 2017 . dead .
  2. News: The Nation . Sa'adi . Thawfeeq . 23 February 2017. Luck played a big part in Ponniah’s career. 20 June 2010.
  3. Book: Waves of Splendour: S. Thomas' College since 1851 . 2018 . S. Thomas' College Old Boys Association Sydney . 78 . 30 January 2020.
  4. Web site: President's XI v Ceylon 1966-67. CricketArchive. 23 February 2017.
  5. Web site: Punjab Governor's XI v Ceylon 1966-67. CricketArchive. 23 February 2017.
  6. Web site: Pakistan v Ceylon, Dacca 1966-67. CricketArchive. 23 February 2017.
  7. News: SLC says cheers to ex-cricketers. 8 October 2019. DailyFT. 6 September 2018.
  8. Web site: SLC launched the program to felicitate ex-cricketers . Sri Lanka Cricket . 5 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014108/http://www.srilankacricket.lk/news/slc-launched-the-program-to-felicitate-ex-cricketers . 6 September 2018 . dead .

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