Rayon St Aubyn Thomas (born 22 December 1981) is a former Guyanese cricketer who represented

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

and West Indies B in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a right-arm

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. Thomas was born in

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, a small town on Guyana's Atlantic coast.West Indies / Players / Rayon Thomas
ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2016. He is one of the few players from the

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region to have played for Guyana. In 2001, Thomas was selected to tour England with the West Indies under-19 team. He played a single ODI against the England under-19s, taking 3/41 from nine overs (including the wickets of future England internationals

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and

Chris Tremlett Christopher Timothy Tremlett (born 2 September 1981) is a former English cricketer who played international cricket for England and domestically for Hampshire and Surrey. He was a tall fast-medium bowler able to extract bounce on most surfaces ...

). In April 2002, Thomas was selected for a GCB President's XI against the touring Indians, which was his inaugural first-class appearance. For the

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, he was included in the squad of West Indies B, an under-23 development side.First-class matches played by Rayon Thomas
CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 November 2016. He finished the season with eleven wickets from six matches, including 4/69 against Guyana and 3/72 against

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.First-class bowling in each season by Rayon Thomas
CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 November 2016. Thomas was contracted to Guyana for the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons, but in four first-class appearances took just two wickets. He never represented for Guyana in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Rayon 1981 births Living people Guyana cricketers Guyanese cricketers People from Pomeroon-Supenaam West Indies B cricketers