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English cricketer (born 1998)
Thomas Banton is an English cricketer who plays for the England cricket team in One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) formats of the game. He made his international debut for England in November 2019.
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a 22-yard pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. Two players from the batting team, the striker and nonstriker, stand in front of either wicket holding bats, while one player from the fielding team, the bowler, bowls the ball toward the striker's wicket from the opposite end of the pitch.
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Tom Banton scored his first ODI century, leading England to a 223-run victory over Sri Lanka in their third one-day international. | Cricket
England amassed 355/7 and then bundled out Sri Lanka for just 132 to secure a 2-1 series victory
Blasting his maiden hundred at The Kia Oval, Tom Banton's century lifted the hosts as England scored 355 for 7 in the England vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI.