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]

Thos Hunt
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Aaron Hunt
Born (1982-01-19) 19 January 1982 (age 42)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001–2003Middlesex
2004Somerset
FC debut13 April 2002 Middlesex v Cambridge UCCE
Last FC10 April 2004 Somerset v Loughborough UCCE
LA debut5 June 2001 Middlesex v Australians
Last LA4 July 2004 Somerset v Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 5 8 6
Runs scored 4 0 6
Batting average 4.00 0.00 3.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 3 0 4
Balls bowled 526 158 24
Wickets 14 5 3
Bowling average 31.44 36.20
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/24 2/12
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 0/–
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

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  1. ^ "Highest Partnership for Each Wicket for Somerset". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  2. ^ 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.
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