Tom Charles Bruce (born 2 August 1991) is a New Zealand

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er who has played

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s (T20Is) for the national side. He is also a

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er who plays for Central Districts. He attended

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Domestic career

In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Central Districts for the 2018–19 season. In March 2019, he was named as the Burger King Super Smash Men's Player of the Year at the annual New Zealand Cricket awards. In March 2022, in the 2021–22 Plunket Shield season, Bruce scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket, with 208

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against Northern Districts. In March 2025, during the 2024-25 Plunket Shield season, Bruce scored his maiden triple century in first-class cricket, with 345 from 401 deliveries.

International career

In December 2016, he was named in New Zealand's T20I squad for their series against Bangladesh. On 3 January 2017 he made his T20I debut for New Zealand against Bangladesh.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruce, Tom 1991 births Living people New Zealand cricketers New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers Central Districts cricketers Lancashire cricketers Sussex cricketers Sportspeople from Te Kūiti Cricketers from Waikato