Peter Wynne Thomas (born 11 April 1952) is a former English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. Thomas was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in

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, Norfolk. Thomas made his debut for Norfolk in the 1982

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against

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. Thomas played Minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1982 to 1986, which included seven Minor Counties Championship matches and two MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He played a single

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match for Norfolk against

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in the opening round of the

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where he took two wickets and was dismissed for a duck. Thomas joined the East Anglian Premier Cricket League side

in 1999, where he played five games. From 2002 to 2010, Thomas played in the Over-50s County Championship for Norfolk. His brother, David, and son, Mark Thomas, both played for Norfolk.

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