.jpg) Lace in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Thomas Cresswell Lace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-05-27) 27 May 1998 (age 26) Hammersmith, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Middlesex (squad no. 27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Derbyshire (on loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Gloucestershire (squad no. 8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 29 August 2018 Derbys v Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 4 July 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Cresswell Lace (born 27 May 1998) is an English former cricketer. He played for Middlesex, Derbyshire and Gloucestershire.
Lace came through the youth setup at Middlesex. He spent two seasons on loan with Derbyshire, making his first-class debut for them in the 2018 County Championship on 29 August 2018, and his List A debut on 19 April 2019, in the 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup.
Having scored 835 runs, including three centuries, at an average of 43.33 in the County Championship for Derbyshire in 2019, Lace returned to Middlesex where he signed a new contract to keep him at the club through the 2022 season. In August 2020, he joined Gloucestershire, after Middlesex agreed to let him go. He made his Twenty20 debut on 29 May 2022, for Gloucestershire against the Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI during their tour of England. Gloucestershire announced at the end of the 2023 season that his contract would not be renewed, Lace subsequently confirmed his retirement.
References
- "Tom Lace". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- "County ins & outs 2017 - signings, departures and rumours". BBC Sport. 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- "Specsavers County Championship Division Two at Derby, Aug 29 - Sep 1 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- "North Group, One-Day Cup at Derby, Apr 19 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- "Tom Lace: Middlesex batsman agrees new contract after Derbyshire loan spell". BBC Sport. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- "Tom Lace: Gloucestershire sign batsman after Middlesex release". BBC Sport. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- "Bristol, May 29, 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI tour of England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- Friend, Nick (25 October 2023). "Tom Lace and the pursuit of happiness: "I was grieving my career"". The Cricketer. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
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