Tom Banton

Thomas Banton (born 11 November 1998) is an English cricketer.[1] He made his international debut for the England cricket team in November 2019.[2]

Tom Banton
Personal information
Full nameThomas Banton
Born (1998-11-11) 11 November 1998
Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper-batsman
RelationsColin Banton (father)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 255)4 February 2020 v South Africa
Last ODI4 August 2020 v Ireland
T20I debut (cap 90)5 November 2019 v New Zealand
Last T20I8 September 2020 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentSomerset (squad no. 18)
2019/20Brisbane Heat
2020Peshawar Zalmi
2020Kolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 6 9 14 24
Runs scored 134 205 603 658
Batting average 26.80 22.77 25.12 29.90
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0/5 2/4
Top score 58 71 79 112
Catches/stumpings 2/– 6/– 7/– 16/1
Source: Cricinfo, 9 September 2020

Early life and career

The son of South African-born English cricketer Colin Banton, he was a member of the academy at Warwickshire County Cricket Club, undertaking his secondary education at Bromsgrove School.

Transferring to King's College, Taunton to study for his BTEC, Banton impressed his house master Phil Lewis. Under Lewis's guidance, Banton chose to focus on cricket over multi-sports, where he was talented in hockey playing centre forward for England under17 team.

Whilst playing cricket for Kings College against Somerset Academy in a Southwest Youth League match, he was tried by academy director Steve Snell in a second XI game against Middlesex, and signed for the Somerset Academy the following week.[3]

Domestic and franchise career

Banton made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Somerset in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 16 July 2017.[4] He made his first-class debut for Somerset in the 2018 County Championship on 18 September 2018.[5] In 2019, he became a regular in all three formats, scoring two centuries in Somerset's victorious Royal London One-Day Cup campaign as well as a maiden T20 century against Kent in the Vitality Blast.[6][7]

Banton was signed by Brisbane Heat in the Australian Big Bash League for the 2019/20 season.[8] In December 2019, he was drafted by Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise team Peshawar Zalmi as their Diamond Category pick at the 2020 PSL draft.[9] Later the same month, in the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.[10] Banton was set to play for the Brisbane Heat in the 2020–21 Big Bash League, but pulled out of the tournament on 5 December 2020.[11]

International career

In December 2017, he was named in England's squad for the 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[12]

In September 2019, Banton was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand.[13] He made his T20I debut for England, against New Zealand, on 5 November 2019.[14] The following month, Banton was named in England's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa.[15] He made his ODI debut on 4 February 2020, for England against South Africa.[16]

On 29 May 2020, Banton was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[17][18] On 9 July 2020, Banton was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against Ireland.[19][20] On 27 July 2020, Banton was named in England's squad for the ODI series.[21][22]

References
  1. "Tom Banton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/banner/story_tom_banton_somerset_batsman_world_feet.html
  4. "NatWest t20 Blast, South Group: Middlesex v Somerset at Uxbridge, Jul 16, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. "Specsavers County Championship Division One at Taunton, Sep 18-21 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  6. "RECORDS / ROYAL LONDON ONE-DAY CUP, 2019 - SOMERSET / BATTING AND BOWLING AVERAGES". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  7. "Vitality Blast, South Group: Somerset v Kent at Taunton, Aug 10, 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  8. "English Prodigy Signs for BBL|09". Brisbane Heat. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  9. "PSL 2020: What the six teams look like". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  10. "IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  11. "Brisbane Heat's Tom Banton pulls out of BBL as bubble life takes toll". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  12. "Brook tasked with World Cup mood swing". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  13. "Bairstow dropped from England Test squad for New Zealand series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  14. "3rd T20I, England tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Nov 5 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  15. "Buttler, Stokes and Archer back for South Africa T20Is, no room for Root". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  16. "1st ODI (D/N), England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Feb 4 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  17. "England Men confirm back-to-training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  18. "Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett left out as England name 55-man training group". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  19. "Injured Chris Jordan misses England's ODI squad to face Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  20. "England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  21. "England Men name 14-strong squad for Royal London Series". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  22. "England v Ireland: David Willey & Reece Topley recalled for ODI series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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