Thomas William Parsons (born 2 May 1987, Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Australia

Australia

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) is an English

England

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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 and former student of Maidstone Grammar School. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium pace

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 bowler.

Parsons made his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut in the 2007 season

2007 English cricket season

The 2007 English cricket season began on Saturday 14 April 2007 with the match between MCC and the 2006 county champions Sussex at Lord's.-Roll of honour:Test series*England v West Indies: 4 Tests - England won 3–0....

 for Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence

Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence

Loughborough MCC University is a cricket coaching centre based at Loughborough University in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England and the name under which the university's cricket team plays.- About :The coaching centre is largely funded by the Marylebone Cricket Club...

, in their match against Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

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. He took three wickets, of which the first was England batsman Vikram Solanki

Vikram Solanki

Vikram Singh Solanki is an Indian-born English cricketer, who plays county cricket for Worcestershire. In 2007, he became the 24th Worcestershire batsman to pass 10,000 career runs for the county. He also captained Worcestershire from 2005 to 2010, before resigning mid-season...

.

An Academy player with Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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, he made his first-team debut for the club against Sri Lanka A in July 2007. He took the wickets of Test

Test cricket

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 cricketers Chamara Kapugedera

Chamara Kapugedera

Chamara Kantha Kapugedera is a Sri Lankan cricketer.Kapugedera made his first-class debut in a match for Sri Lanka A and in domestic cricket, he plays for Colombo Cricket Club....

 and Rangana Herath

Rangana Herath

Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath, also known as H. M. R. K. B. Herath or Rangana Herath or Jack is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was educated at Mayurapada Central College, Narammala and Maliyadeva College. He has also played cricket for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club and Moors...

, before rain forced a premature end to the match.

In 2008 Parsons finished his degree at Loughborough University and signed a contract with Hampshire County Cricket Club

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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. At the end of the 2009 County Championship

2009 County Championship

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 Parsons was released by Hampshire.

After a year struggling with injury, Parsons trialled with Middlesex before signing non contract terms with the club in 2011

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