Thomas Philip Alsop (born 26 November 1995) is an English

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er. Born in

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, Alsop is a left-handed

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who plays as a

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, and plays for

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Career

Tipped for a bright future and a big talent, Alsop was educated at Lavington School. Alsop has played for the Hampshire Cricket Academy in the

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since 2010; during this time Alsop has finished within the top three averages of the league on more than one occasion. In the 2014 season he finished with the highest average in the league, 86.71, scoring 609 runs in just nine innings. In January 2013 he was called up to the England Under-19 following an injury to captain Shiv Thakor, playing four Youth

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s against South Africa Under-19s during the tour. In May 2013, he played two Minor Counties Trophy matches for

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against

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and

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. In that same month he was required as a substitute wicket-keeper for

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in their Yorkshire Bank 40 match against

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following an injury during the warm-up to Adam Wheater. During this YB40 game Alsop took a smart catch behind the stumps to dismiss Croft. For the start of the 2014 season, Alsop was awarded a development contract with Hampshire. This was a result of impressing against a strong Surrey attack in a pre-season friendly. Later in the season he made his senior debut in a

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match against

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. The following day he made his Youth

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debut for England Under-19s against South Africa Under-19s, having been called up to the under-19 Test squad earlier in July. Alsop went on to impress immensely with the bat during the summer series against South Africa scoring 107 off 83 balls at Trent bridge, and then went on to score a half century the next day. Alsop is the 528th player to have played for Hampshire and on 15.9 2014 he made his first-class debut against Kent at the Ageas Bowl. He was also a member of the 2014 LV county championship division two winning side in Cardiff. At the end of the 2016 season, Alsop was selected for the upcoming England Lions tour to the UAE and Sri Lanka in the new year. In Sri Lanka he shared a record partnership with Daniel Bell-Drummond in the fourth ODI. In 2018 Tom Alsop was a key player in Hampshire's success in the Royal London One day cup, he went on to score 72 in the final becoming the youngest Lord's final half centurion. The following year in 2019 Alsop helped Hampshire reach another Lord's final. At the end of the 2021 domestic season Tom Alsop was awarded his county cap by Hampshire CCC. In March 2022, Alsop was loaned to

for the 2022 season and later signed a permanent contract with the team in early June. Alsop played for the

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as an overseas draft pick in the Australian

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during the 2024-25 season. He made his playing debut on 6 January 2025.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alsop, Tom 1995 births Living people Cricketers from High Wycombe English cricketers Wiltshire cricketers Hampshire cricketers North v South cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Wicket-keepers Sussex cricketers Trent Rockets cricketers Brisbane Heat cricketers