Nick Thornicroft

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Nick Thornicroft
England
Personal information
Full name Nicholas David Thornicroft
Nickname Mad Dog, Thorny
Born 23 January 1985 (1985-01-23) (age 23)
York, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Role Bowler
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years Team
2001–2007 Yorkshire (squad no. 25)
First-class debut 14 August 2002: Yorkshire v Lancashire
Last First-class 16 May 2007: Yorkshire v Loughborough UCCE
List A debut 13 September 2001: Yorkshire v Gloucestershire
Last List A 31 July 2007: Yorkshire v Sri Lanka A
Career statistics
FC LA T20
Matches 8 15 1
Runs scored 54 52 0
Batting average 7.71 17.33 –
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 30 20 0*
Balls bowled 975 589 6
Wickets 17 17 0
Bowling average 36.17 35.88 –
5 wickets in innings 1 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 6/60 5/42 –/–
Catches/stumpings 2/– 3/– 0/–

As of 22 August 2007
Source: cricketarchive.com

Nick Thornicroft (born January 23, 1985) is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who has most recently played for Yorkshire.

Thornicroft made his debut for Yorkshire Cricket Board in 2001, in the C&G Trophy. He played in his debut first-class match in the 2002 County Championship, though Yorkshire finished that season in bottom place in the First Division, relegating themselves to Division Two in 2003. Thornicroft held the lowest first-class average of the Yorkshire team in the games he played in the season.

Thornicroft appeared in only one first-class match during the following season, though he played in several Youth One-Day internationals and Tests during calendar year 2003, during an English tour of Australia, before coming back home and playing two Tests against South Africa in 2003. Thornicroft spent 2004 and 2005 playing very little first-class cricket, though he continued in a consistent vein of form for Essex's Second XI.

During the 2006 season, Thornicroft played no first-class matches, sticking instead to the Second XI. Thornicroft has three Youth Test matches and five Youth One-day Internationals under his belt, appearing in his first international fixture in August 2002. Thornicroft is a lower-order batsman for the Second XI, and plays in the tailend for the first team.

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