Dominic Thornely

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Dominic Thornely
Personal information
Full name
Dominic John Thornely
Born (1978-10-01) 1 October 1978 (age 45)
Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Right-arm off spin
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001/02–2010/11New South Wales
2005Surrey
2006Hampshire
2008Mumbai Indians
2011/12–2012/13Sydney Sixers
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 83 100 57
Runs scored 5,166 2,406 778
Batting average 42.69 29.34 21.02
100s/50s 10/29 2/15 0/3
Top score 261* 108 67*
Balls bowled 4,822 2,005 533
Wickets 56 52 28
Bowling average 39.83 32.86 24.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/38 3/17 4/22
Catches/stumpings 51/– 31/– 23/–
Source: [1], 17 August 2009

Dominic John Thornely (born 1 October 1978) is an Australian former first-class cricketer who played for the New South Wales cricket team in Australian domestic cricket.

Thornely made his debut for New South Wales aged 25 and made his maiden first-class century with 143 against Victoria at Newcastle. He went on to receive Australia A selection in his debut season. He held an Australian Cricket Academy scholarship in 1997.[1]

He had an outstanding 2004–05 series in the Pura Cup scoring 1065 runs at 62.65 with 4 centuries, helping NSW to win the competition. His highest score of 261 was made against Western Australia at the SCG and in it he beat the record of David Hookes for most sixes in an Australian domestic game with 11. Another record came in his 219-run stand for the last wicket with Stuart MacGill. MacGill only contributed 27 of those runs.

He played county cricket with Surrey in 2005 and for Hampshire in 2007. He represented Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League 2008 season.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN 1-74013-060-X.

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