Thomas Baker (cricketer)
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Thomas Michael Baker is an English
cricket
er, who played for Yorkshire
and Northamptonshire
between 2001 and 2005. Baker is a right-handed tail order batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler.
In his solitary first-class
appearance, for Northamptonshire against Leicestershire
at Grace Road
in 2005, Baker scored a duck
in his only innings, caught by Darren Maddy
off Claude Henderson
, and took the wicket of Darren Robinson
, caught and bowled for 139, at a match cost of 55 runs.
He played four List A matches for Yorkshire in 2001, three in the Benson & Hedges Cup
and one in the National League. He also played for Northamptonshire in a one day game against the touring Sri Lankans in 2002, and for the Northamptonshire Cricket Board
against the Yorkshire Cricket Board
in the preliminaries for the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He took five wickets for 194 in these matches, with a best of 2 for 13 against Derbyshire
, at an average of 38.80.
He has not appeared in senior cricket since 2005.
English people
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cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er, who played for Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
and Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
between 2001 and 2005. Baker is a right-handed tail order batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler.
In his solitary first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
appearance, for Northamptonshire against Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
at Grace Road
Grace Road
Grace Road is a cricket ground, in Leicester, England, home to Leicestershire County Cricket Club.-History:The land which Grace Road is built on was bought by Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1877 from the then Duke of Rutland and spent the massive sum of £40,000 on developing a cricket club,...
in 2005, Baker scored a duck
Duck (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a duck refers to a batsman's dismissal for a score of zero.-Origin of the term:The term is a shortening of the term "duck's egg", the latter being used long before Test cricket began...
in his only innings, caught by Darren Maddy
Darren Maddy
Darren Lee Maddy is an English cricketer who plays first class cricket for Warwickshire. He played three Tests and eight One Day Internationals for England, making one international fifty in his ten innings between 1998 and 2000 before he was finally dropped following the tour of Zimbabwe in 2000,...
off Claude Henderson
Claude Henderson
Claude William Henderson is a South African cricketer who bowls left-arm spin and played in seven Tests and four ODIs from 2001 to 2002...
, and took the wicket of Darren Robinson
Darren Robinson (cricketer)
Darren David John Robinson is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Essex and Leicestershire....
, caught and bowled for 139, at a match cost of 55 runs.
He played four List A matches for Yorkshire in 2001, three in the Benson & Hedges Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....
and one in the National League. He also played for Northamptonshire in a one day game against the touring Sri Lankans in 2002, and for the Northamptonshire Cricket Board
Northamptonshire Cricket Board
The Northamptonshire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Northamptonshire.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status....
against the Yorkshire Cricket Board
Yorkshire Cricket Board
The Yorkshire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Yorkshire.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*...
in the preliminaries for the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He took five wickets for 194 in these matches, with a best of 2 for 13 against Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
, at an average of 38.80.
He has not appeared in senior cricket since 2005.