Thomas Charles Hicks (born 28 August 1979) is an English

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er. Hicks studied at

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and all of his first-class appearances as of the end of 2006 had come for

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teams (Oxford University, Oxford Universit''ies'' and Oxford UCCE), apart from one game for British Universities in 1999. His two half-centuries have both come for Oxford against

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: the higher of these being the 58 he scored in 2001, adding 109 for the ninth wicket with opener Matthew Floyd to help set up a three-wicket victory. He also took 5–77 in the second innings of this game, second only to the 5-54 he claimed in Oxford's win over

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in June 2000. Hicks has played

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cricket for

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since 1998, and it was for them that he made his only

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appearance, against

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in the 2000

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* 1979 births Living people English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Dorset cricketers People from Farnborough, London Cricketers from the London Borough of Bromley British Universities cricketers Dorset cricket captains Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford Oxford MCCU cricketers Oxford Universities cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1970s-stub