Dominic John Thornely (born 1 October 1978) is an Australian former

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er who played for the

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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

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scholarship in 1997. He had an outstanding 2004–05 series in the

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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 David William Hookes (3 May 1955 – 19 January 2004) grew up in Torrensville and was a South Australian and Australian cricketer, broadcaster and coach of the Victorian cricket team. An aggressive left-handed batsman, Hookes usually batted in ...

for most sixes in an Australian domestic game with 11. Another record came in his 219-run stand for the last wicket with

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. MacGill only contributed 27 of those runs. He played county cricket with

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in 2005 and for

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in 2007. He represented

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in the

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2008 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thornely, Dominic 1978 births Living people Australian cricketers New South Wales cricketers Surrey cricketers Hampshire cricketers Sportspeople from Albury Mumbai Indians cricketers Australian Institute of Sport cricketers Sydney Sixers cricketers Cricketers from New South Wales