Thomas James Moores (born 4 September 1996) is an English

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er who plays for

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. He is a left-handed

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who also plays as a

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Domestic and franchise career

On 21 June 2016, Moores joined Lancashire on loan from Nottinghamshire, after regular wicket-keepers

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and Alex Davies were unavailable. He made his

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debut for Lancashire, on 24 June 2016, against

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. He was signed by

Multan Sultans Multan Sultans is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team representing Multan, a city in southern Punjab, in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team was founded in 2017 as an additional sixth team added to the PSL with contra ...

for the Pakistan Super League 2018/19 season. He had a disappointing spell in the

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, scoring just 10 runs in 3 matches. He played for Jaffna Stallions in the 2020/21 Lanka Premier League. He had a frustrated spell and played 5 matches in the Lanka Premier League, scoring 61 runs in total. In December 2021, he was signed by

Kandy Warriors Kandy Falcons (in 2022 and since 2024), formerly known as B-Love Kandy (2023), Kandy Warriors (2021), and Kandy Tuskers (2020), is a Sri Lankan franchise professional Twenty20 cricket team founded in 2020 that competes in the Lanka Premier Leagu ...

to replace Devon Thomas for the remainder of the 2021 campaign. He was drafted by

Trent Rockets Trent Rockets are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Nottingham. The team represents the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire in the newly founded The Hundred (cri ...

for the inaugural season of The Hundred. In April 2022, he was bought by the

for the 2022 season of The Hundred. Moore's signed a one-year contract extension in March 2024 tying him in to Nottinghamshire until the end of the 2025 season. In December 2024, Moores signed a new two-year white-ball only contract with Nottinghamshire.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moores, Tom 1996 births Living people English cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers Lancashire cricketers Multan Sultans cricketers English expatriate cricketers in Pakistan Jaffna Kings cricketers Kandy Falcons cricketers English expatriate cricketers in Sri Lanka Trent Rockets cricketers Wicket-keepers Cricketers from Brighton