Tom Haines

Haines batting for Sussex CCC in June 2021
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Jacob Haines
Born	(1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 25) Crawley, West Sussex, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2016–present	Sussex (squad no. 20)
FC debut	31 August 2016 Sussex v Kent
List A debut	23 July 2021 Sussex v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 59 16 4 Runs scored 3,769 619 52 Batting average 36.95 38.68 13.00 100s/50s 9/17 1/4 0/0 Top score 243 123 27 Balls bowled 2,534 60 – Wickets 25 0 – Bowling average 47.56 – – 5 wickets in innings 0 – – 10 wickets in match 0 – – Best bowling 3/50 – – Catches/stumpings 18/– 6/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 September 2023

Thomas Jacob Haines (born 28 October 1998) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed top-order batsman who also bowls right-arm medium pace.

Career

Haines made his List A debut on 23 July 2021, for Sussex in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.^[1]

In September 2021, Haines became the first batsman to score 1,000 runs in the 2021 County Championship.^[2] He has attributed his improved form to increased practice.^[3][4]

In April 2022, in the 2022 County Championship, Haines scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket, with 243 runs against Derbyshire.^[5] Along with Cheteshwar Pujara, Haines became the first batters to score double centuries in the same innings of a first-class match while following-on.^[6] He made his Twenty20 debut on 3 July 2022, for Sussex in the 2022 T20 Blast.^[7]